FirstGroup, which last year added the North American owner of the Greyhound bus company to its portfolio of
UK▸ rail and bus services, said annual operating profits reached ^360.1m, a jump of 39% on a year earlier (link below.)
http://thisisplymouth.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=133464&command=displayContent&sourceNode=133158&contentPK=20621065&folderPk=78031&pNodeId=133174The Aberdeen-based firm said appetite for rail travel remained strong and that it was working hard to improve First Great Western, which it admitted had fallen "short of our own standards and the expectations of our passengers".