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@Alon what’s the typical per-km cost range (outside the Anglosphere) for above-ground HSR construction in unchallenging terrain?

@Connor $25m/km if you can do it predominantly at-grade; there are examples in France, and I think also in Germany if you net out the tunnels, not to mention Spain. But a lot of places like els, esp. in Asia, so you get higher costs, in the $40-50m/km range, like the Beijing-Shanghai HSR (IIRC low 50s in today's money?) or Texas Central. India is even more expensive because cultural cringe costs money.

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