Privately-funded Archives

RegioJet secures $US 16.9m government-backed loans

CZECH private operator RegioJet has secured two government-backed loans worth Koruna 375m ($US 16.9m), which will support service expansion, as the company looks to use investment and growth to combat the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Australian luxury passenger services suspended

AUSTRALIAN private operator Journey Beyond, which runs the The Ghan and The Indian Pacific luxury long-distance rail services, has announced an immediate temporary suspension of all trains.

Texas Central Railway: blazing a trail for privately-funded high-speed rail

Despite producing more than a third of the United States’ crude oil output, urbanisation, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other Americans. Keith Barrow looks at how Texas Central Railway is planning to link Dallas and Houston without a cent of public funding.