The city of Angers chooses ALSTOM and the APS wire-free
system for its first tramway

The order includes a firm part for the design, a full scale
tram model and the supply of the APS system. An optional part
provides for the supply of the 17 trams. The first part is to
be signed before end July. The second part is expected to be
signed in June 2007 following the accreditation of the project
(Déclaration dUtilité Publique).
The two parts of the order represent a total of 45
M.

Angers is the second city in the world, following Bordeaux,
to opt for APS. On 14 June this year, at the Public Transport
congress in Paris, ALSTOM was awarded the Innovation Trophy in
the Energy/Environment section for this technology. The
"wireless" APS allows tramways to blend harmoniously into the
urban environment and will thus preserve the heritage of Angers
and Avrillé city-centres.

The tramway will be put into service in 2009, linking
Avrillé to the Roseraie district via the city centre. The
line will stretch over 12 km with 25 stops, serving 35,000
passengers per day.

The trams will be designed and assembled in ALSTOMs
La Rochelle factory the companys Centre of
Excellence for trams. Four other ALSTOM sites in France will
supply sub-systems: Tarbes the traction drives, Ornans the
traction motors, Le Creusot the bogies, and Villeurbanne the
tram electronics.

Angers is the worlds 24th city to have chosen CITADIS
^TM the 14th in France. This further confirms
ALSTOMs success with this tramway product line and its
leadership on the French tram market, where 80% of the
steel-wheel trams are ALSTOM-built. To date, over 400 CITADIS
^TM are in commercial service worldwide out of a
total of 800 CITADIS
^TM ordered. CITADIS
^TM trams have carried over 1 billion passengers and
have demonstrated reliability over a total distance of 76
million kilometres.

Press contacts :

Clotilde Provost 

Tél : + 33 (0)1 41 66 91 43

clotilde.provost@transport.alstom.com

Eric Lenoir

Tél : + 33 (0)1 41 66 98 74

eric.lenoir@transport.alstom.com