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Subway!=ground rail. The former is vastly more expensive. Brand new, two line high-speed ground rail costs 10-30 millions €/km[0], while the cost of underground
by kbart 9y ago
Subway!=ground rail. The former is vastly more expensive. Brand new, two line high-speed ground rail costs 10-30 millions €/km[0], while the cost of underground kilometer typically is 200-300 millions €/km in Europe and sometimes up to billions in USA[1].
0. https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-it-cost-to-construct-a-kilometer-of-railway-track-in-Europe https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-it-cost-to-construct-a-k...
1. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/1/14112776/new-york-second-avenue-subway-phase-2 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/1/14112776/ne...
- rayiner 9y agoOP suggested that the HSR budget was realistic if we looked at the per mile cost of European high speed rail. My point is that if it costs us 5-7x as much as Europe to build subway, it’s unrealistic to expect we can build above ground rail for the same price as Europe.