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What construction cost was reported when Pearson Airport’s LINK Train opened?

The Terminal Link is a 1.5 km automated people mover at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, connecting Terminal 1, Terminal 3 and the Viscount reduced-rate parking area with three elevated stations. Doppelmayr Cable Car of Austria was contracted in November 2002, EllisDon provided construction management, and the system opened on 6 July 2006. The Daily Commercial News reported a cost of CAD 150 million, of which CAD 56 million was the trains and operating equipment, while Transit Toronto says around CAD 100 million.

Reported project cost

CAD 150 million

Approximately $132.23 million

Cost basis: 2006

A Terminal Link train arrives at Terminal 3 Station, Perason International Airport
Dillan PayneCC BY-SA 4.0

Cost evidence

Basis of the published figure

Reported project cost2006
canada.constructconnect.com

Project metrics

Key dimensions

Total lengthDaily Commercial News
1,500 m

Project record

Timeline

  1. 15 November 2002

    Construction started

    canada.constructconnect.com
  2. 6 July 2006

    Opened or launched

    Daily Commercial News

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