Trenitalia places PENDOLINO train order with ALSTOM worth
240 million euros

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The seven-car trains will have a top speed of 250 kph and a
capacity of 430 passengers. They will be built at ALSTOM’s
site in Savigliano, Italy, with components supplied by other
European ALSTOM sites.

Delivery for the first new trains will begin in November 2006,
and the last train will be delivered in September 2007.

Philippe Mellier, President of ALSTOM's Transport Sector,
said: “We are very pleased that Trenitalia has shown its
satisfaction with the PENDOLINO by choosing it for their
high-speed services. This order consolidates ALSTOM’s
leadership as a builder of high-speed trains as well as a pioneer
in cross-border interoperability. Including the two recent orders
from RENFE for high-speed Lanzaderas trains and from Cisalpino
for 14 PENDOLINO trains, this year ALSTOM has been awarded orders
over €780 million for more than 50 trains from the
PENDOLINO family.“

Notes for editors:

The PENDOLINO train, thanks to its proven active tilting
system, can negotiate curves at speeds 35 percent higher than
conventional trains, with maximum safety and comfort for
passengers. Today, 285 trains worldwide are equipped with
ALSTOM's active tilting technology. Trains equipped with this
technology have traveled over 200 million kilometers.

The new PENDOLINO trains for Trenitalia and Cisalpino have the
following characteristics:

• 7-car trainsets: 4 motor and 3 trailer
  cars  
• Track gauge: 1435 mm  
• Line voltage:
  
  - Trenitalia: 3kV DC - 25 kV AC
  
  - Cisalpino: 3kV DC - 25 kV AC - 15 kV
  AC  
• Car-body length: 26.2 m (front-end cars 28.2
  m)  
• Overall train length: 187.4 m  
• Car-body width: 2.84 m  
• Maximum axle load: 16.5 t (with
  passengers)  
• Train tare weight: 387 t  
• Total train weight (with passengers): 421
  t  
• Maximum speed: 250 kph  
• Installed engine power: 5,500 kW  
• Seats: 430 + 2 wheelchair places  
• Tilting system: Hydraulic actuation  
• Fully redundant HVAC system

The trains will be equipped with IGBT water-cooled traction
technology from ALSTOM’s site in Sesto, Italy. They will be
fully compliant with TSI (technical specifications for
interoperability). The TRENITALIA trains will be quipped with
ERTMS (level 2) and SCMT, while the CISALPINO ones with ERTMS,
SCMT, ZUB, LZB and Signum.

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.

Press information:

Helen Connolly

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

helen.connolly@transport.alstom.com

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