Traffic Authority submitted in December a calculation that landed in the broad range 190-320 billion for high-speed trains.
– it was justified, depending on the route and that there was uncertainty about the technical solutions. We have better knowledge today, explained the Finnish Transport Agency’s Director General Lena Erixon at a press conference.
The new estimate for trains between Stockholm and Gothenburg / Malmö stop at 230 billion, plus or minus 30 billion. Thus, less than estimated in December, but the figures are still uncertain, according to the work.
According to the Finnish Transport Agency, the decrease is partly to new positions on the technology to be used and partly on the results of Sweden Hearing attending the discussions with the concerned municipalities. They have led to the planned branch lines and Jönköping abolished.
Previously, it emphasized that a large cost is attachment of the tracks, a measure to prevent the soil sink, and that the path may not have any changes vertically or laterally.
A large part of the route will also go on the bridge or through the tunnel. In addition, it is estimated shields of noise cost more than estimated.
Researchers at KTH pointed out in a recent report that the course does not have to be as expensive as previously estimated. Meanwhile, there are scholars who argue that high-speed trains risks being overtaken by other technologies when the tracks are completed by 2030.
The government’s own expert body, the Fiscal Policy Council, condemned recently the high-speed trains as an economically very unprofitable business.
Transport Administration also on behalf of the government calculated how much it would cost to build out the existing south and west trunk lines.
in order to cope with speeds of 250 km / h will cost 115-130 billion, plus or minus 20 billion. If the speed is lowered to 200 km / h stops cost of 90 billion, with a margin of error of 15 billion.
Although these costs are uncertain, according to the Finnish Transport Agency.
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