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What would the cost be for the same distance in other parts of the world? Even accounting for inefficiencies, do you have any data on that? A quick search seems
by wslh 2y ago
What would the cost be for the same distance in other parts of the world? Even accounting for inefficiencies, do you have any data on that? A quick search seems to put SF at the top [1].
[1] https://pedestrianobservations.com/2020/09/13/the-costs-of-subways-and-els/ https://pedestrianobservations.com/2020/09/13/the-costs-of-s...
- postcynical 2y ago13bln$ gets you a 35 mile tunnel thru the swiss alps. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel
- yywwbbn 2y agoI’d assume that drilling a tunnel under a mountain would be significantly cheaper than digging one in a densely inhabited city (in a seismically active area).
- postcynical 2y ago3miles for $2bln under densely inhabitated city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinberg_Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinberg_Tunnel
- piva00 2y agoIn Stockholm there's a current ongoing expansion of the metro system, the blue line is being expanded towards Nacka to the east and to Bakarby on the northwest while connecting to the south on an expansion. A new line (yellow) is under construction, the green line is being expanded. In total there are 18 new stations, digging under bodies of water (and quite deep through a lot of the blue line), total cost: around 5B€.
- 0points 2y agoYou mean 14,881 bike sheds.
- badpun 2y agoA 3.23 miles long, central part of M2 metro line in Warsaw, going right under city centre, costed around $1b in 2012.
- Lionga 2y ago21 KM / 13 Miles cost about 2 billion euro in Europe