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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.
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- School buses boost FirstGroup profitsThe transport giant was boosted by a strong performance from its school bus operations in North America.
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- Firstgroup shares drop 10% despite beating forecasts
- FirstGroup’s cautious outlook unnerves investorsCompany warns of ‘mixed trading environment’ despite better than expected results
- FirstGroup investors travel in hope of a dividendCompetitors Stagecoach and Go Ahead offer decent payouts
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