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Re:Boring Company Will Expand Las Vegas Tunnels to 65-Mile N... by jcranmer on Thursday May 04, 2023 @12:02PM (#35817592)
> Subways in the US cost about $1B per mile.

No they don't. The most expensive subway in the country costs $1B per mile. Typical costs are much cheaper (and could be even cheaper, but that's another story).

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Re:Boring Company Will Expand Las Vegas Tunnels to 65-Mile N... by bryanlarsen on Thursday May 04, 2023 @12:05PM (#35817626)
To get down to TBC's cost/passenger, they'd need to come down to $120M/mile.

Subways at $120M/mile would be pretty freaking awesome.

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Re:Boring Company Will Expand Las Vegas Tunnels to 65-Mile N... by ianburrell on Thursday May 04, 2023 @05:52PM (#35822600)
Subways can run in the Boring tunnels. They are smaller than what are normally used but same size as the London Underground tunnels.

This means that need to put down rails and control systems in the tunnels. I can't see that being $10M/mile.

The huge cost for subway systems are stations. What do the Boring stations cost? I bet the $10M/mile doesn't include the stations. Fairly simple stations for Las Vegas should be pretty cheap.

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