ALSTOM will design and supply the electrical and mechanical
infrastructure for a new metro line in Sao Paulo

Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (CMSP), the
company charged with the operation and expansion of the
São Paulo area's metro, has awarded a turnkey contract for
construction of a new line to the Via Amarela consortium. The
group is led by CBPO Engenharia of the Odebrecht group, which,
along with other construction companies, is responsible for the
civil works.

As the member of the consortium responsible for the
electrical and mechanical infrastructure, ALSTOM will design,
supply, install and test the power-supply and
electrical-distribution systems, telecommunications equipment
and auxiliary systems (such as fire detection, pumping and
lighting). ALSTOM s share of the contract is  80
million.

Called the Amarela (Portuguese for yellow ) Line, Line 4
will be 12.8 kilometers long with nine stations. Expected to
carry a million passengers a day, it will offer connections
with three subway lines and two suburban lines. Commercial
operation is slated to begin in 2007.

'This vote of confidence of ALSTOM's metro-systems
technology and know-how is also a confirmation of our
successful long-term relationship with São Paulo,' said
Francis Jelensperger, ALSTOM Transport s senior vice president
for the Americas region.

Over the last three decades, ALSTOM has sold more than 600
metro cars to São Paulo. In a recent project, ALSTOM was
the technical leader of the consortium that built the city's
Line 5, which opened last year. ALSTOM also supplied the
operations-control center, the auxiliary systems and the fleet
of  8 six-car METROPOLIS trainsets for the line.

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 in financial year 2002-2003, is among
the world's leading suppliers to the railway industry.

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