How much does Paris Métro Line 18 cost?
Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express is the south-western orbital metro line that draws a peripheral axis south-west of Paris and will link Orly to Versailles through the Essonne and Yvelines departments. A Senate information report of 14 October 2020, using the figures of the Société du Grand Paris, puts the cost of line 18 at 3.5 billion euros in 2012 economic conditions in both March 2019 and June 2020, with the link between Paris-Orly airport and the Saclay plateau to open by 2027 at the latest and the second section to Versailles kept for 2030.
Published project estimate
€3.5 billion
Approximately $4.5 billion
Cost basis: 2012
Cost record
How the cost changed
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Published project estimate
2012€3.5 billion
Approximately $4.5 billion
en.wikipedia.orgRevised budget
2012€3.928 billion
Approximately $5.05 billion
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