Manchester's Metrolink should also be used as a benchmark.
The Airport line extension cost £368m with 15 stops over 14.5km of track (which shakes out at roughly £25m/km), and was completed more than a year ahead of schedule and under budget.
The Airport line extension cost £368m with 15 stops over 14.5km of track (which shakes out at roughly £25m/km), and was completed more than a year ahead of schedule and under budget.
As a means to get to the airport from the city centre? Yeah, heavy rail is probably better.
But that's not the only reason for the line. It's used to get to and from other points on the route too.
The Airport Line might be better labelled as the Wythenshawe Line.