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Costs of a high speed rail corridor added 12/02/00
From In Pursuit of Speed, US Transportation Research Board publication #233
Primary Identifying Characteristics for the Hypothetical Corridor 1991Capital Cost Categories
Land (urban, suburban, and rural)
Right-of-way preparation (flat, rolling, and rough terrain)
Utility relocation
Track construction (new and upgrade of existing)
Track realignment
Grade crossing protection, separation, and closure
Fencing
Electrification
Signaling
Guideway construction
Bridges (under grade and overhead; urban, suburban, and rural
Tunnels (new and rehabilitated; urban, suburban, and rural)
Terminal (new urban) **
Beltway station construction **
Station upgrades (major and minor)
Maintenance-of-way facilities (new)
Maintenance-of-equipment facilities (new)
Central control **
Administration and reservations system **
Equipment, including spares **
Operations and Maintenance Cost Categories
Maintenance of way
Maintenance of equipment **
Energy **
Operation of service **
Operation of stations **
Signals and communications **
Administration, sales, and insurance **
** Skycar system needs only the bolded items