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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Key dimensions
- Total lengthEconomic Observer Network
- 904 km
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