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Old Posted Jun 13, 2009, 5:24 PM
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American mass transit prices are the highest in the world... In Seoul the recent 61km train link to the new airport is coming in at about $50 million a mile, and a third of that is in tunel... The recently opened line 9 (25.5km) has cost about $100 million per mile, all in deep tunnel.1 But then it's a private enterprise, something apparently unimaginable in America--with major participation by Macquire (England), and Veolia (France). Same with the new Bundang line (18.5km), around $50 million per mile, all underground, private 30-year concession.2,3

1 http://english.seoul.go.kr/today/new...9872_3675.html

2 http://info.korail.com/ROOT/cambo-vi...d=757&lang=eng

3 http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_v...etro_line.html
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