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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by ghostbrainalpha on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @05:40PM (#16172749)
> - If the LAX-SFO air corridor becomes too busy, that $64 billion could also be spent upgrading existing fleets by buying 147 brand new A380s at an average list price of $435 million each. [2]

Sorry but I'm super confused... 147 planes that cost $435 million each, would total 64 Billion dollars. And that appears to be 64 Billion on top of the 64 Billion you already plan on spending from above.

That cost of the project in the article has jumped to 10 Billion. Where are you getting your number from?

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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by slapshot on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @05:43PM (#16172779)
The cost of the Central Valley segment ALONE is $10 billion.

The total cost SF-LA is $64 billion: https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/13/confidential-report-c...

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