The high cost of subway construction compared to LRT

Ai??Ai??The following excerpt from the UK House of Commons Select Committee on light rail, 2000, reported the following subway construction costs in 2004 Canadian dollars:Ai??ai??i??

Toulouse metro line B – CAD $161 million/km.

Turin metro extension – CAD $196 million/km.

Meteor Metro, Paris – CAD $290 million/km.

Singapore metro – CAD $420.7 million/km.

Jubilee Line extension, London – CAD $559 million/km.

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The average cost for three newly built LRT lines in the UK: $16. 1 million/km.