How much did Line A of the Tours tramway in France cost to build?
The Tours tramway is the tram network of Tours, in Indre-et-Loire, France: Line A opened on 31 August 2013, nearly 15 km long with 29 stations, built by the urban community Tour(s) Plus and the SITCAT with the CitéTram consortium (SET and Transdev). Wikipedia gives its construction budget as about EUR 433 million excluding tax at the end of the project, up from EUR 270-290 million in the 2007 studies, while the Regional Court of Auditors reported in December 2015 a total of EUR 638.4 million including EUR 203.0 million of financial charges. A second line B (about EUR 495 million) is planned for service in March 2028.
Final project cost
€433 million
Approximately $575.08 million
Cost basis: 2013
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Final project cost2013
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Opened or launched
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr31 August 2013