ALSTOM Joint Venture Chosen For Channel Tunnel Rail Link
Infrastructure Contract

An
integrated Joint Venture led by ALSTOM, with Carillion and
Travaux du Sud-Ouest, has been chosen as the contractor for the
track and overhead catenary system for section 2 of the Channel
Tunnel Rail Link in the UK. Section 2 of this link, between
Ebbsfleet and St Pancras, covers 40 kilometres. The total value
of the contract is around 190 million euros (120 million
pounds).

The
Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), managed by Union Railways
North, is a new high speed link opening in 2007 which will
halve journey times from central London to the Channel Tunnel.
Paris will be 2 hours 20 minutes and Brussels just 2 hours from
St Pancras station by non-stop Eurostar.

In order
to fulfil the contract, ALSTOM will deploy its design,
procurement, project management and commissioning expertise,
gained as a major player in the railway infrastructure market
world-wide.

Michel
Moreau, President of ALSTOM's Transport Sector said: 'This is a
very exciting project for ALSTOM. Building on our experience of
high-speed line projects, we now lead a JV which will lay the
track, install the catenary, undertake the commissioning,
thereby supporting our customer in the completion of an
historic project that started with the construction of the
Channel Tunnel in the late 1980s.'

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.

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