Okay bro your numbers are crazy whatever you are suggesting is not gonna happen we can’t spend billions per hundred kilometers that is totally unsustainable.
If we follow the Siberian electrification model
for upgrading existing Canadian rail:
Single track: about C$100 to 120 million per 100 km
Double track: about C$180 to 220 million per 100 km
Those are good hardware-heavy corridor numbers for wire, poles, substations, and power hookup on a reasonably straightforward existing alignment.
I agree California’s numbers are ridiculous, but that is illustrative example to say that even in an area where the capex, namely construction costs and lawsuit avoidance are crazy, it leads to lower opex per trip.
Okay bro your numbers are crazy whatever you are suggesting is not gonna happen we can’t spend billions per hundred kilometers that is totally unsustainable.
If we follow the Siberian electrification model for upgrading existing Canadian rail: Single track: about C$100 to 120 million per 100 km Double track: about C$180 to 220 million per 100 km Those are good hardware-heavy corridor numbers for wire, poles, substations, and power hookup on a reasonably straightforward existing alignment.
I agree California’s numbers are ridiculous, but that is illustrative example to say that even in an area where the capex, namely construction costs and lawsuit avoidance are crazy, it leads to lower opex per trip.