Guangzhou in southern China has opened its second metro line at a cost of about US$132.5M below the initial estimate of US$1.28bn. One of the significant cost-savings was reported to be the use of Chinese-made TBMs rather than imported machines. Wang Yongshen, Guangzhou Metro Corporation, operation division deputy director-general said foreign machines cost about US$5.54M, while machines produced domestically were priced at about US$1.2M each. The 18km Line 2 runs from Sanyanli to Pazhou and has 16 stations. Work is also well advanced on Guangzhou’s third metro line, which is due to be completed in June 2006.
