New commuter trains and trams worth €168 million for
Paris Transport Authority

RATP, Pariss mass transit authority, has awarded
ALSTOM two new orders for the supply of double-decker commuter
trains and CITADIS tramways, worth a total of 168
million.

The first order, worth 147 million, is for the supply
of 14 trains composed of five double-decker cars. The trains,
for the Paris RER commuter A line, will offer increased
passenger comfort and allow the RATP to respond to increasing
passenger traffic on the line. Bombardier will also contribute
to this order as supplier of the end cars; their share of the
order is approximately 30 percent.

The new trains will enter into commercial operation in June
2004. The order brings the total number of double-deck commuter
cars sold to RATP to 215.

The second order, worth 21 million, is for the supply
of 13 CITADIS trams. The order constitutes the second phase of
a project to improve the passenger transport offer on the T2
tramway line (La Défense-Issy Val de Seine), which will be
extended.

Delivery and entry into commercial operation of the trams is
scheduled from January to September 2004. The CITADIS trams
from the first phase of the project entered into commercial
service on 1
^st December 2002.

ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport
infrastructure. The Company serves the energy market through
its activities in the fields of power generation and power
transmission and distribution, and the transport market
through its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year
2001/02, ALSTOM had annual sales in excess of 23
billion and employed 112,000 people in over 70 countries.
ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock
exchanges.

ALSTOM's Transport Sector, with annual sales of 4.4
billion, is an internationally leading supplier of rolling
stock, information systems, services and complete turnkey
systems to the rail industry.

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