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  BRT Database > 
 > Infrastructure cost per km:
  • Xiamen:
      10 billion yuan for 48.9km   2008 value. Baidu Baike. ~35km elevated
  • Kuala Lumpur:
      111 million MYR   2015 value. US$26 million
  • Brisbane:
      AU$27.6 million   2001 value. SE Busway - later corridors higher cost (value shown: 24)
  • Islamabad:
      US$20 million   2015 value
  • Cali:
      US$14.44 million   2012 value. Source: IADB 2015
  • Los Angeles:
      US$14.3 million   2005 value. $35.8m for Chatsworth extension in 2012
  • Amsterdam:
      US$11m   Source: bic.asn.au
  • Lima:
      $9.67 million   2010 value. US$262m for first corridor
  • Seoul:
      US$1.2 million   US$1.2m
  • Bogota:
      US$5.3m (phase 1), $13.3m (phase 2)   US$5.3m (phase 1), $13.3m (phase 2)
  • Nantes:
      7.58m euros   2006 value. 50m euros for the 6.6km
  • Istanbul:
      US$8.8 million   2007 value. Includes infrastructure & equipment (Source: IETT)
  • Lanzhou:
      595m yuan for 12.3km   2012 value
  • Paris:
      6.43m euros   Based on cost of 7km Marché international de Rungis to La Croix de Berny stations in 2005 (45m euros)
  • Yichang:
      44.8m yuan   2014 value. Not including some land acquisition
  • Beijing:
      40m yuan   1st corridor only. US$4.8m at Jul-04 rate
  • Guangzhou:
      30m yuan   US$4.4m, Jul-09 rate
  • Changzhou:
      30m yuan   1st corridor only US$4m at Jul-07 rate
  • Dalian:
      19.5million yuan   US$2.6m, Jul-07 rate
  • Yinchuan:
      420m yuan for 21km   2012 value. Total cost source: Baidu Baike
  • Ahmedabad:
      US$2.4 million   2009 value. US$2.4m, first 12.5km only
  • Pune:
      13 crore INR   2015 value
  • Guayaquil:
      US$2.2 million   US$2.2m for line 1, $1.5m for line 3
  • Leon:
      US$1m   Source: bic.asn.au
  • Jakarta:
      US$1 million   2004 value
  • Zhongshan:
      110 m yuan for 12.9km   2014 value