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What is the approved budget of Harbin–Dalian high-speed railway?

The Harbin-Dalian high-speed railway is the 904 km passenger line from Harbin through Changchun and Shenyang to Dalian in northeast China, with 23 stations, built jointly by the Ministry of Railways and the governments of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning from 23 August 2007 and opened on 1 December 2012 as the northernmost high-speed railway in the world. Economic Observer reported at construction start that the total investment was about 92.3 billion yuan, while Wikipedia gives the project cost as 95 billion yuan, 25 percent over the original budget.

Approved budget

CNY 92.3 billion

Approximately $12.13 billion

Cost basis: 2007

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Basis of the published figure

Approved budget2007
zh.wikipedia.org

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Key dimensions

Total lengthEconomic Observer Network
904 km

Project record

Timeline

  1. 23 August 2007

    Construction started

    Economic Observer Network
  2. 1 December 2012

    Opened or launched

    eeo.com.cn

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