ALSTOM to supply 28 TGV trainsets and 8 TGV power cars to
SNCF worth 550 million euros

The first order calls for 24 complete TGV Duplex trainsets
and 4 trainsets without power cars. This is the last option of
the master agreement signed in October 2000 for the supply of
82 TGV Duplex trainsets by an ALSTOM/Bombardier consortium led
by ALSTOM.

The 4 trainsets without power cars will be assembled with power
cars from the existing fleet of the TGV Réseau.

The 28 trainsets will join the TGV Duplex fleet which runs
mainly on the TGV Méditerranée line between Paris and
Marseille.

The second order calls for the supply of 8 power cars for the
TGV Est** network (TGV POS
(Paris-Ostfrankreich-Süddeutschland). These power cars
form part of the master agreement drawn up in January 2003 for
30 power cars and 31 options. The TGV of the eastern network
will run between Paris, through eastern France, southwest
Germany, Luxemburg and Switzerland as of mid 2007.

They will be coupled with existing renovated TGV Réseau
trainsets which thus makes the power cars of those TGV
Réseau trainsets available to be coupled with the 4 TGV
Duplex trainsets of the above order.

ALSTOMs sites in La Rochelle, Belfort, Tarbes,
Villeurbanne, Ornans, Le Creusot and Reichshoffen in France
will be involved in both contracts. The site in Charleroi,
Belgium, will supply components for the TGV Duplex.

Philippe Mellier, president of ALSTOMs Transport sector,
said We are delighted to play a part in SNCFs
development of the TGV network. The success of the
Méditerrannée line is a real showcase for the TGV
Duplex while the TGV POS will boost the France-Germany rail
link.

Since the delivery, in 1978, of the first TGV to SNCF for the
Paris - Lyons line, ALSTOM has been the world leader in the
very high-speed market. The company which benefits from a
25-year experience of continuous technological development has
commercialized the highest number of high-speed trains
presently in service. 550 TGV trains run in France,
Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom,
Germany, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and South Korea. They have
covered more than 1.5 billion kilometers. They have transported
over 1 billion passengers in Europe.

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 mechanical 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 euros in
financial year 2004 - 2005, is among the world's leading
suppliers to the railway industry.

* SNCF trademark

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Press information:

Susanne Trabitzsch

Tel. + 33 (0) 1 41 66 97 16

susanne.trabitzsch@transport.alstom.com