SNCF awards ALSTOM two contracts
worth 207 million euros

Locomotives for passenger service in the Paris region

In a contract worth 170 million euros, ALSTOM
will supply the SNCF with 60 electric locomotives. They are
scheduled to begin passenger service in the Ile de France region
around Paris in the spring of 2006.

From ALSTOM's PRIMA family and similar to the 210 freight
locomotives that ALSTOM is currently delivering to the SNCF, the
locomotives have been adapted for the requirements of passenger
service in Ile de France.

ALSTOM will assemble the locomotives at its site in Belfort,
France, with components coming from ALSTOM sites in Tarbes,
Villeurbanne, Le Creusot and Ornans.

Renovation of regional trains
The second order is for the renovation of regional trains,
in a contract worth 48 million euros awarded to an
ALSTOM-led consortium. ALSTOM's share of the contract is
37 million euros.

The renovation includes the installation of air-conditioning
in the trains, which are called Z2 by the SNCF, and a new design
of the interior and passenger amenities. ALSTOM will lead the
project and supply the major equipment.

ALSTOM's consortium partner, Cannes La Bocca Industries
(CLBI), will carry out the renovation work for 20 trains in its
facilities.

ALSTOM will also supply the SNCF with equipment for the
renovation of 51 trains that the SNCF will carry out in its own
workshops.

Delivery of the renovated trains and of the equipment for the
renovation to be carried out by the SNCF is scheduled to be
complete by March 2008.

As a long-standing partner of the SNCF, ALSTOM shares
its commitment to continuous improvement of service for its
passengers, said Philippe Mellier, president of ALSTOM
Transport. The new PRIMA locomotives will join an Ile de
France fleet that already includes nearly 400 double-deck
passenger trains in service that ALSTOM has delivered. For the
renovation project, ALSTOM will put into place an industrial plan
that has proved successful in a program for renovation of other
French regional trains.

Editors notes

The modifications for passenger transport in the Ile de France
region include:

 equipment for one operator

 onboard passenger information system

 warning and interphone system

 reversibility

 heating

The intensive traffic conditions on the Ile de France network
impose a certain number of technical specifications and
redundancy of equipment to ensure a very high level of
safety.

These locomotives will be used predominantly to haul
double-deck suburban trains, currently being renovated. 

PRIMA is the ALSTOM trademark for its line of
electric
and
diesel
locomotives. More than 600 PRIMA locomotives have been sold
around the world, including 300 to the SNCF.

The characteristics of the new locomotives are:

Type: BoBo dual cabin

Supply voltage: 1,500 V DC; 25 kV 50 Hz

Maximum speed: 140 kph

Total weight: 90 tonnes

Track gauge: 1,435 mm

Total length: 19,520 mm

Power at rim: 4,200 kW UIC

With more than 35 product lines and a presence in more than
60 countries, ALSTOM's Transport sector offers complete
products and services for new rolling stock, signaling and
electrical and mecanical infrastructure as well as maintenance
and rehabilitation services to four distinct types of
customers: urban transit authorities and operators; intercity
passenger rail operators and rolling stock owners; rail freight
operators; and intercity railway infrastructure owners.
ALSTOM's Transport sector, with sales of
5.1 billion in financial year 2002-2003, is among
the world's leading suppliers to the railway industry.

Press information:

Helen Connolly

Tel. +33 (0)1 41 66 91 43

helen.connolly@transport.alstom.com

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