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Crowdfunding for Go-op open access service fails

Deniz Huseyin
30 May 2025
 

The crowdfunding appeal by aspiring open access train operator Go-op ended on Tuesday with only 3.5% of the target amount raised. Go-op did not respond last week to LTT’s request for information on its next steps.

After 15 years of work, Go-op made a breakthrough last November when the Office of Rail and Road gave conditional approval for the cooperative company to operate services from its Taunton base to Swindon and other stations in the West Country. The company would first have to...

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