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%, i