How much did Hanover Hbf–Würzburg Hbf high-speed railway cost to build?
The Hanover-Wurzburg high-speed railway (Schnellfahrstrecke Hannover-Wurzburg) is the 327 km new line for 280 km/h from Hanover through Gottingen, Kassel and Fulda to Wurzburg in Germany, built by Deutsche Bundesbahn between 1973 and 1991 as its longest contiguous new-build project, with sections opened in 1988 and the full length put into service with ICE timetable services on 2 June 1991. German Wikipedia, citing a Bundestag document, gives the forecast final account of mid-1994 as 11.874 billion Deutsche Mark.
Final project cost
DEM 11.874 billion
Approximately $7.32 billion
Cost basis: 1994
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Final project cost1994
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- Total lengthWikipedia (de) Schnellfahrstrecke Hannover-Wurzburg
- 327 km
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