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
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Key dimensions
- Total lengthSchweizer Seilbahninventar
- 1,138 m
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