How much did Center City Commuter Connection cost to build?
The Center City Commuter Connection, also called the Commuter Tunnel, is the 1.8-mile (2.9 km) rail tunnel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that joined the former Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Railroad commuter networks through Suburban Station and Jefferson Station, with groundbreaking on 22 June 1978 and a formal opening on 12 November 1984. English Wikipedia, citing the Philadelphia Inquirer of 12 November 1984, says it took six years to complete at a cost of 330 million dollars, with the federal government paying 80 percent.
Final project cost
$330 million
Cost basis: 1984
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Final project cost1984
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- Total lengthliamblank.com
- 2,896.8192 m
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