Crowd-sourcing new passenger service

[schlimm]

125 mph is a heck of a lot faster than here.  The refurbished compartment coaches are no treat, however.

[CJtrainguy]

The Germans are doing it: using crowd-funding to help finance a start-up passenger rail service between Berlin and Stuttgart, in competition with DB. Their selling point is "a little slower than ICE and faster than the bus".

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/open-access-operator-locomore-reaches-crowd-funding-target.html

The service will use refurbished InterCity coaches and electric traction, offering 1 round trip per day, starting in September.