ALSTOM chosen to supply the first Driverless Train
ControlSystem of Beijing Airport Link in China for the Olympic
Games

The Beijing Mass Transit airport link will be the first
fully automated operation line in China for which ALSTOM
consortium* won today, the contract for the supply of the
Communication-based Train Control System (CBTC). This new line
of 28 km, 4 stations and one depot will allow passengers to
reach Beijing downtown up to 110km per hour.

The airport link will be in service in mid 2008 for the
Beijing Olympic Games. ALSTOM and its joint venture partner,
CASCO Signal Ltd, will provide advanced URBALISTM solution, a
radio-based train control system including: the CBTC, the
spread spectrum Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) for Train
Control, interlocking, trackside equipment, as well as the
Operating Control Center. The high level of redundancy in all
parts of the system will ensure continuous traffic in all
situations.

ALSTOM has already supplied the CBTC Driverless Train
Control system for Singapores North East Metro Line
(NEL), the first fully automatic heavy metro system in the
world. The NEL has been in operation since 20 June 2003. Other
major CBTC ongoing projects include Lausanne M2 (Switzerland)
Driverless line, Singapores Circle Line, the largest
automatic metro line in the world, and, in China, Beijing Line
2 Train Control Modernization.

ALSTOM also have an extensive experience in airport link
projects including Athens and Hong-Kong, as well as the ongoing
project in Korea for Seoul s Incheon International
Airport Rail Road.

* The consortium includes the following companies: CASCO,
ALSTOM Transport and other subcontractors.

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About ALSTOM Transport

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 2005/06, is among the world's leading suppliers
to the railway industry.

About CASCO Signal Ltd

CASCO Signal Ltd, as ALSTOMs joint venture
partner, is the first sino-foreign joint venture in the Chinese
railway industry. CASCO has been dedicated to providing
advanced signaling control systems and technical services for
the transportation industry. Over the past 20 years, CASCO has
successfully completed projects for railways of every Railway
Bureau of MOR, mining rail, highways and mass transit transport
systems in different cities.

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