Railway · Belgium

Approximately how much did HSL 3 between Liège and the German border cost, excluding the wider eastern high-speed branch?

HSL 3 is the Belgian high-speed railway between Liège and the German border. Infrabel describes the corridor as about 54 kilometres in total, including 36 kilometres of new line and the 6.5-kilometre Soumagne tunnel. Its June 2009 railway magazine reports that this line cost approximately €830 million, separate from the €2.2 billion eastern branch between Brussels and the border. Construction began in 2001, the track was approved in 2007, and trains entered service on 14 June 2009.