Business Segment Information - Customer concentration (Details) - Sales Revenue - Customer Concentration - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
U.S. Government Agencies
Customer sales concentration
Sales revenue	$ 705.5	$ 657.9	$ 670.0
Transport for London (TfL)
Customer sales concentration
Sales revenue	$ 147.3	$ 156.3	$ 183.2

Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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