Railway · Belgium
How much did High Speed Line 1 cost to build?
HSL 1 (LGV 1) is the Belgian high-speed railway from Brussels to the French border, 88 km long with 71 km of dedicated 300 km/h track from Lembeek to the border and 17 km of upgraded line, connecting to the French LGV Nord for Eurostar and TGV services, built from 1993 and opened on 14 December 1997. English Wikipedia states a total construction cost of 1.42 billion euros, without a source or year.
Reported project cost
€1.42 billion
Approximately $1.6 billion
Cost basis: 1997
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Reported project cost1997
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- Total lengthBelrail
- 88 km
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