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Tue 08 Aug 2007Planned Dublin metro line to cost more than €5bnDublin's proposed metro line linking Swords with St Stephen's Green is set to cost more than €5 billion, The Irish Timeshas established from documents released by the Department of Transport under the Freedom of Information Act.Although all monetary figures in the documents are blacked out, it is possible to discern that the estimated cost of the 17km metro north line was put at €4.58 billion in 2004 prices. With construction inflation and additional expenditure, it would now be well over €5 billion.