Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	21. Subsequent Events. In May 2014, we announced a plan to separate our transportation and real estate businesses through a tax-free spin-off of the transportation group. In order to facilitate the spin-off, we completed an internal corporate reorganization in December 2014 in which your shares of Patriot common stock were converted into an equal number of shares of common stock of our newly publicly traded holding company, FRP Holdings, Inc. For more information on the spin-off, see Item 1 “Business” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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