ALSTOM to supply 20 CITADIS trams for Mulhouse

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SITRAM, the transport authority of the metropolitan area of
the French city of Mulhouse, has chosen ALSTOM to supply 20
CITADIS trams worth about 48 million euros. This contract
includes an option for an additional seven trams.

The CITADIS trams, which have a full low floor and are 2.65
meters wide, can carry 230 passengers.

The trams will run on the urban TramTrain network currently
under construction. This network, with a total length of 19.7
kilometers, comprises two urban tramway lines interconnecting in
central Mulhouse. The urban network will be complemented by a
37-kilometer extra-urban line that will use existing track and
connect Mulhouse with the Thur Valley.

ALSTOM will build the trams at its site in Aytré, near La
Rochelle. Delivery should begin in the first quarter of 2005, and
commercial service is scheduled to start on 12 kilometers of the
network in the fall of 2005.

"
I'm very happy that SITRAM has placed its confidence in
ALSTOM for the first phase of this urban-transport project, which
allows us to establish a collaborative relationship that we hope
will be long and productive," said Didier Genty, head of
ALSTOM's Transport sector in France.

The CITADIS family of trams offers flexible, modular solutions
for rapidly growing cities. The CITADIS concept combines
standardization of components with customization of interior and
exterior design in order to meet the individual requirements of
each city in terms of aesthetics, comfort and accessibility.

ALSTOM trams have been sold in more than 25 cities around the
world. Paris, Barcelona, Rotterdam, Dublin and Melbourne have
chosen CITADIS. Among the 440 CITADIS trams already sold, the 140
already in service have carried more than 150 million passengers
and have traversed more than 10 million kilometers.

For more information and route maps, see
SITRAM's
Web site (in French).

With more than 35 product lines and a presence in over 60
countries, ALSTOM's Transport Sector offers cutting-edge
products and 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 €4.4 billion in sales in
2001, is among the world's leading suppliers to the railway
industry.

Press information:

Helen Connolly

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

helen.connolly@transport.alstom.com

• SITRAM (in French)