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How much did the Skymetro people mover at Zurich Airport cost to build?

The Skymetro is the fully automated underground people mover at Zurich Airport, 1,138 metres long, linking the Airside Center with the satellite terminal Dock E in about three minutes under runway 10/28, built by POMA-OTIS in 2001-2003 and opened in September 2003. The Swiss Cable Car Inventory gives its construction costs as CHF 176 million, while Flughafen Zürich AG states that Dock E as a whole cost CHF 332 million. It carried about 6.73 million passengers a year in 2010.

Reported project cost

CHF 176 million

Approximately $130.69 million

Cost basis: 2003

Skymetro am Flughafen Zürich
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Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2003
flughafen-zuerich.ch

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Key dimensions

Total lengthSchweizer Seilbahninventar
1,138 m

Project record

Timeline

  1. 2001

    Construction started

    Schweizer Seilbahninventar
  2. 1 September 2003

    Opened or launched

    Flughafen Zürich AG

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