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What is the approved budget of Light rail line 15?

Light rail line 15, the Raide-Jokeri, is the 25 km orbital light rail of the Helsinki region between Itakeskus in Helsinki and Keilaniemi and Otaniemi in Espoo, implemented by the cities of Helsinki and Espoo through an alliance model, with work begun in June 2019 and the first service running on 21 October 2023. Projektiuutiset reported in January 2019 that the final cost estimate of the light rail infrastructure was EUR 386 million at December 2018 prices, EUR 268 million for Helsinki and EUR 118 million for Espoo, while English Wikipedia lists infrastructure at EUR 274 million, rolling stock up to EUR 95 million and a depot about EUR 65 million, about EUR 434 million in total.