ALSTOM wins Spanish train maintenance contract worth around
500 million euros

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This order confirms ALSTOM’s strategy to rapidly grow
its service activities in transport thanks to its wide range of
expertise.

• This new contract comprises the maintenance of:
  
  the 18 AVE trains, supplied by ALSTOM, which operate at
  300km/h on the Madrid-Seville line. These trains have been
  maintained by ALSTOM since the inauguration of the line in
  1992.   
• 6 Euromed trains for the Barcelona-Valencia-Alicante
  line.   
• 21 locomotives which pull trains operating at 200km/hour on
  the Madrid-Seville and Madrid-Barcelona
  lines.   
• Associated facilities.

Michel Moreau, President of ALSTOM's Transport Sector, said:
'We are delighted that RENFE has decided to renew its confidence
in ALSTOM, after 10 years of successful cooperation between our
two companies. The AVE trains supplied and maintained by ALSTOM
on the Madrid-Seville line have proven extremely reliable and
successful with the passengers, making them the biggest
commercial success of the Spanish railways :  the number of
passengers on these trains has been multiplied by two, since
their introduction on the Spanish network in 1992.'

ALSTOM is the global specialist in energy and transport
infrastructure. The Company serves the energy market through
its activities in the fields of power generation and power
transmission and distribution, and the transport market through
its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year 2001/02,
ALSTOM had annual sales in excess of €23 billion and
employed 118,000 people in over 70 countries.

ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock
exchanges.

ALSTOM's Transport Sector, with annual sales of
€4.4 billion, is an internationally leading supplier of
rolling stock, information systems, services and complete
turnkey systems to the rail industry.

Press contact:
Helen Connolly

Tel. +33 (0)1 41 66 91 43

helen.connolly@transport.alstom.com

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