Information provided to the ACT Legislative Assembly by Capital Metro Minister Simon Corbell showed the total price tag for the production of the nine online videos reached $80,415.

Posted on YouTube and the Capital Metro Agency website, the videos provide viewers with information about tram services and promote the line, due to become operational in 2019 after a three year construction period.

Opposition transport spokesman Alistair Coe slammed the cost of the online videos, two months after The Canberra Times reported the agency paid $14,000 for promotional merchandise which included foam trams and cardboard models for children.

This month the government said the videos had been viewed more than 5800 times online during an community engagement process about the location of tram stops and opinions on light rail.

The most expensive video production was a 4 minute fly-through of the proposed route. The video cost $68,195.60 and shows animations of trams driving through Canberra streets as well as overhead shots of Northbourne Avenue, the Federal Highway and Flemington Road.

Other videos in the collection give viewers insights into the passenger experience on board Canberra's trams, the safety and security of light rail transport, how the Capital Metro Agency is "bringing people together" and the benefits of living in cities.

One shows highlights of September's closed-door industry briefing on the $800 million project while other topics include background to public-private partnerships for infrastructure projects and how the ACT Government is catering for population growth.

Mr Corbell said the videos were part of a community education campaign about light rail.

"Most of the cost relates to the production of a fly-through video, which was created using the definition design," he said.

"It is commonplace for project delivery agencies to produce a fly-through video as it is important to inform the community, planners and potential bidders around how the new infrastructure will look and operate.

"The fly-through video was produced after a competitive tender process and benchmarking indicated that the cost delivered good value for money."

Opposition transport spokesman Alistair Coe took a different view on the cost to taxpayers.

"The videos were produced and paid for before the light rail business case was presented to the government which confirms that the business case was produced to justify light rail, not to provide objective advice," he said.

"The truth is, the government is frantically trying to reverse engineer a case for light rail to suit a political deal between ACT Labor and the Greens following the 2012 election."

The opposition is yet to outline its public transport policy but opposes the tram line's construction.

The 2000 foam model trams with the ACT Government logo cost of $5648, while 2000 cardboard model trams were bought at a cost of $3617.

Taxpayers also spent $4770.50 on 2000 Capital Metro drink bottles.