Alstom to supply 144 metro coaches to the Chinese city of
Nanjing

The contract involves 24x6 coach Metropolis train sets.
Alstom Transport is responsible for design, traction system,
auxiliary electrical power supply, TCMS (Train Control and
Monitoring System) and technical services. Puzhen is in charge
of manufacturing the train sets. Delivery of the first train is
scheduled for December 2008. The trains will begin to operate
on line 2 of the Nanjing metro beginning November 2009.

Alstom Transport and Puzhen, whose factory is located in the
northern part of Nanjing, have already supplied the metro train
sets used on Nanjings first metro line, which entered
into service in September 2005 just before the Chinese National
Games. The two companies have cooperated since 1999, when the
contract for Shanghai Line 3 Metro was signed. To date, Alstom
Transport has sold over 260 metro coaches to the city of
Nanjing and over 780 Metropolis coaches to the city of
Shanghai. In total, more than 1,900 Metropolis coaches have
been sold across the world.

About Alstom Transport
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 euros in
financial year 2005/06, is among the world's leading suppliers
to the railway industry.

Press contact:


Cécile Dodat

Tél. : + 33 1 41 66 91 48

cecile.dodat@transport.alstom.com