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By contrast, the new Chuo Shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Nagoya, which is 286km maglev line, costs 46 billion U.S. dollars. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch
by zcbenz 8y ago
By contrast, the new Chuo Shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Nagoya, which is 286km maglev line, costs 46 billion U.S. dollars.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūō_Shinkansen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chūō_Shinkansen
- codyb 8y agoA new above ground track comes nowhere near the cost of updating a subway system below an extremely dense metropolis that will attempt to keep running 24/7/365? Not much of a shocker there. That’s a true apples to oranges. It is true that corruption has resulted in exorbitant cost over runs by the MTA but I think this is a silly comparison.