How much did Downtown Line cost to build?
The Downtown Line (DTL) is the fully automated, 41.9 km underground MRT line of Singapore with 34 stations in three stages opened in 2013, 2015 and 2017, which ran far over its original budget. English Wikipedia reports that in April 2007 the government announced an investment of 12 billion Singapore dollars and that in August 2020 Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung disclosed that the line's construction costs had amounted to 21 billion Singapore dollars.
Final project cost
SGD 21 billion
Approximately $15.22 billion
Cost basis: 2020
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Final project cost2020
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthWikipedia (Downtown Line) infobox
- 41.9 km