Crowdfunding rail: five projects from around the world
While the railway industry has been largely nationalised or franchise-owned, crowdfunding as a...
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Crowdfunding rail: five projects from around the world
While the railway industry has been largely nationalised or franchise-owned, crowdfunding as a means to fund rail projects is far from common. Varsha Saraogi explores a few successful and less successful crowdfunded initiatives around the world
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