How much did the Sheppard subway in Toronto cost to build?
The Sheppard subway, now TTC Line 4 Sheppard, is a five-station subway in North York, Toronto, running along Sheppard Avenue from Sheppard-Yonge to Don Mills, the shortest rapid transit line in Toronto and the first Canadian subway with tunnel-boring-machine tunnels. Groundbreaking was on 23 June 1994 for what Transit Toronto lists as a CAD 933.9 million project; it opened on 22 November 2002 after about eight years, and Wikipedia says it cost just under CAD 1 billion.
Reported project cost
CAD 1 billion
Approximately $636.8 million
Cost basis: 2002
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Reported project cost2002
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- Total lengthTransit Costs Project
- 5,500 m
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