Unveiling of the new PENDOLINO train in Turin

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On Wednesday 22nd June, the president and managing director of
Ferrovie dello Stato, Elio Catania, the president of
Italdesign-Giugiaro, Giorgetto Giugiaro, the managing director of
ALSTOM Ferroviaria, Emilio Gallocchio and the managing director
of Trenitalia, Roberto Testore, presented a life-size mock-up of
the new PENDOLINO train at the Giugiaro Design showroom.

12 trainsets, which were designed for the high-speed lines of the
Italian railway system, will be built by ALSTOM in Italy. They
will join the fleet of 40 PENDOLINO trains and 60 ETR 500 already
operated by Trenitalia, the transport branch of Ferrovie dello
Stato.

The new PENDOLINO trains , to be delivered in 2006, will mark an
important stage in the process of modernisation of
Trenitalias fleet. In terms of innovative conception,
futuristic design, and thanks to the exceptional technological
content and comfort (touch-screen videos in the coaches, LAN and
Wi-fi systems, ergonomic seats, maximum rationalisation of
passenger space), these trains satisfy the most recent European
standards of interoperability. They can run on the networks of
other European Union countries.

With the arrival of the new PENDOLINO trains, the Ferrovie
dello Stato has taken an important step forward. We are now at
the threshold of the entry into service of the new Italian
high-speed lines, the largest infrastructure project undertaken
in Italy since the Second World War, and Trenitalia will be ready
to respond with an agile, modern fleet able to meet the
customers demands, commented Elio Catania,
president and managing director of the Ferrovie dello Stato
group.

Roberto Testore, managing director of Trenitalia, declared
that Trenitalia is calling into play all its energy with
the aim of offering its customers a comfortable, fast journey and
services modelled increasingly on their expectations. We are
placing such emphasis on the level of quality of these new
high-speed services that we are planning to create a dedicated
brand. A brand in which to concentrate additional services and
facilities which, together with the journey itself, aim to
embrace every phase that precedes and follows it.

With the new PENDOLINO, we have reached the fourth
generation of trains based on tilting technology, suited to
covering long distances at high speed, explained Emilio
Gallocchio, managing director of ALSTOM Ferroviaria. These
have proven to be a great success throughout the world, and
combine technological innovation and attention to passenger
comfort. This is a train designed and built in Italy at the
Savigliano yards, and underlines the ability of our country to
undertake applied research and to industrialise major productions
with high technological and design content. This important
commission confirms the position of ALSTOM as a strategic partner
for high speed railways.

Giorgetto Giugiaro, responsible for the
design of the new PENDOLINO, in turn expressed his great
satisfaction for the final results of the experiment and research
carried out by his company. The design of the new
high-speed PENDOLINO, stated Giugiaro, matured over
18 months of studies and research concentrating on the
performance of the train and every aspect of its operation,
ergonomics and comfort, as required by the precise and ambitious
guidelines produced by Trenitalia for this programme, one which
represents a ground-breaking step in Italian railway
transport.

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