Alstom signs two contracts in China for rail transport
equipment

The first contract, which follows a letter of intent signed
in October 2006, is for the manufacture of 500 electric freight
Co-Co (triple axle) locomotives based on Alstom
Transports Prima 6000. The overall value of this
contract totals around 1.1 billion euros, with Alstoms
share worth 310 million euros and its Chinese partners,
Datong Electric Locomotives, some 800 million euros.



Alstom will be responsible for designing and industrialising
these locomotives. Alstoms Belfort (France) plant, the
Groups worldwide locomotive and engineering centre of
excellence, will produce the first 10 locomotives and the
components to be integrated into the 190 following ones, while
this production will be gradually localised to its Chinese
partner, Datong Electric Locomotives. This company has already
partnered Alstom in a 2005 contract to manufacture 180 BoBo
electric (twin axle) locomotives.



The second contract, worth 42 million euros, is for the
electrification of the Shi-Tai high-speed line. This is the
first infrastructure contract won by Alstom in the Chinese
market. Stretching over 189 kilometres, this line will link the
cities of Shijiazhuang and Taiyuan, located in the provinces of
Hebei and Shanxi (about 600 kilometres to the southwest of
Beijing). It will allow passengers to travel from Beijing to
Taiyuan in 3 hours, enabling trains to peak at 250 km/h.
Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2008.



It includes the supply of electrification equipment for the
overhead lines, as well as associated technical services
(engineering support, supervision of installation). Delivery of
equipment by Alstom is scheduled for between the end of 2007
and mid-2008.



Between now and 2010, China plans to build 9,800 kilometres of
passenger track, with trains operating at speeds of over
200km/h. Construction of these new tracks will enable
Chinas railway authorities to double their transport
capacity, which currently amounts to 1 billion passengers
transported each year.


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