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School buses boost FirstGroup profits

The transport giant was boosted by a strong performance from its school bus operations in North America.

New electric vehicle battery centre could create 10,000 jobs

Ambitious plans outlined to house national centre to support development of batteries for electric vehicles of the future

Rail growth at lowest level since recession

Season ticket market share drops below 40% for first time   Overall, patronage increased 0.8% during the year   Patronage growth on Britain’s railways in 2016/17 fell to its lowest level since the recession seven years ago, figures released by the Office of Rail and Road show. Overall, patronage increased 0.8% during the year. On both the regional and long distance networks numbers continued to rise, by nearly 4% in both cases, but in London and the south east numbers fell 0.5%, including in each of the last three quarters of the year.