SNCF selects ALSTOM for three rolling stock orders worth
combined total of 285 million euros

ZTER electric regional
trains

The French National Railways
(SNCF) has confirmed a follow-on order to ALSTOM for 29 new
electric regional trains, known in France as ZTERs. The
contract has a total value of 152 million euros. The three-car
electric multiple units have a capacity of 214 seated places
and operate at speeds up to 200 km per hour while providing
high levels of passenger comfort.

To date, this follow-on order
makes a total of 51 ZTER regional trains ordered from ALSTOM by
the SNCF. Their purchase is financed by the Regions of France
as follows: Centre (15 trains), Brittany (17 trains), Loire (14
trains), Poitou-Charentes (five trains).

Z2N electric multiple
units

The French National Railways
(SNCF) has also ordered from ALSTOM 10 double-deck trains,
known as Z2Ns, for service in the Ile-de-France region
surrounding Paris. This contract has a total value of 75
million euros. First delivery of the electric multiple units is
scheduled for May 2003 and will continue until December
2003.

These air-conditioned double-deck
trains have a capacity of up to 600 seated passengers and 400
standing passengers. The trains will be added to the fleet
already serving the area and will help the operator to increase
train frequency.

ATER regional diesel
trains

For a third, separate order, the
SNCF Board of Directors has notified ALSTOM that it will
exercise its option for 40 additional 'ATER' regional trains
from the Company's CORADIA range. The order has a total
worth of 58 million euros and comes within the framework of a
long-term investment program undertaken by the Regions of
France. This new order brings to 299 the total number of ATER
regional trains ordered by this customer from ALSTOM. The
diesel trains have a capacity of 81 seated passengers and
operate at speeds up to 140 km per hour.

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Company serves the energy market through its activities in
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euros, is an internationally leading supplier of rolling
stock, information systems, services and complete turnkey
systems to the rail industry.

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