ALSTOM consortium chosen for the supply of metro trains for
the city of Shanghai

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The consortium comprising SATCO*, a joint venture of ALSTOM
Transport and Shanghai Electric Corporation, and CSR Nanjing
Puzhen Rolling Stock Works, was selected for the supply of 16
trainsets of 8 cars each.

The total value of this contract is 134 million euros and the
ALSTOM share will be about one third of this.

Patrick Kron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
ALSTOM, said:
«ALSTOM has received orders for some 500 METROPOLIS
metro cars to the city of Shanghai, of which more than 200 are
currently in operation on the Pearl and Xinmin lines. This new
contract confirms our strong commitment to be, with our Chinese
partners, the supplier of choice for the Shanghai Metro system,
and to a wider extent, for the mass transit market in China
».

* Shanghai Alstom Transport Co Ltd.

Photo on the left represents a line 3 metro train which is
already in service and similar to line 1 metro train to be
delivered by ALSTOM Transport.

Technical Characteristics:

• Rolling Stock: METROPOLIS A (wide gauge) 
• Train configuration: 8 car-trainset
  (Tc-Mp-M=Mp-M=M-Mp-Tc) 
• Power supply: 1500Vcc (Pantograph) 
• Track gauge: 1435mm 
• Carbody material: Aluminium 
• Length of the train: 186,48m 
• Overall width of the car: 3,000m 
• Overall height: 3,860m (panto baissé) 
• Floor height: 1,13m 
• Number of doors per side: 5 
• Door width: 1400mm 
• Gangway width: 1500mm 
• Number of seats: 396p 
• Maximum capacity of the train(9p/m2) : 3290p 
• Weigth of the train(empty, tare weight) : 302t 
• Wheel diameter (new) : 840mm 
• Maximum speed: 80km/h 
• Initial acceleration: 1,0m/s2 µ 
• Service deceleration: 1,1m/s2 
• Urgency deceleration: 1,3m/s2

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 4.9 billion euros in financial year
2003-2004, is among the world's leading suppliers to the railway
industry.

Press information :

Susanne Trabitzsch

Tel. + 33 (0) 1 41 66 97 16

susanne.trabitzsch@transport.alstom.com