Railway · Netherlands
How much did Noord/Zuidlijn cost to build?
The Noord/Zuidlijn is Amsterdam metro line 52, 9.7 km long of which 7.1 km underground, which opened in July 2018 after fifteen years of construction instead of the nine planned. The Amsterdam broadcaster AT5 wrote on 21 July 2018 that the metro line cost 3.1 billion euros, about 3,500 euros per resident, against an initial estimate of 681 million euros, while NOS wrote that it was to cost 1.6 billion guilders and became more than 3 billion euros.
Final project cost
€3.1 billion
Approximately $3.66 billion
Cost basis: 2018
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Final project cost2018
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthAT5
- 9,700 m
Project record
Opened or launched
NOS Nieuwsuur2018