What project cost does Chiba Prefecture list for the Tsukuba Express line?
Tsukuba Express is a 58.3 km commuter railway linking Akihabara in Tokyo with Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture. It opened in August 2005 after more than a decade of construction. Chiba Prefecture lists JPY 808.1 billion as the project cost for the whole line; other reported construction totals use different accounting scopes.
Reported project cost
¥808.1 billion
Approximately $7.33 billion
Cost basis: 2005
Takeshi Aida from Hong Kong, Hong KongCC BY-SA 4.0
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost2005
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthChiba Gakuin University paper (Setomoto, 2015)
- 58.3 km
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