Alstom wins contract worth 58 million for the
completion and maintenance of Citadis trams for Tunisias
capital city

The new tramsets are slated to meet growing passenger
transportation needs arising from the extensions of line 1 to
“El Mourouj” and of line 2 to “La
Manouba”. The 16 additional trams will be identical to
the 39 Citadis tramsets that Alstom delivered to TRANSTU
between 2007 and 2009. In operation since October 2007 on the
network’s line 1, the trams carry over 460,000 passengers
per day. Tunis represents the first city in the Maghreb region
to acquire the Citadis technology in 2005. Algiers, Casablanca,
Constantine, Oran and Rabat also selected the Citadis tramway
range.



Additionally, Alstom will also provide maintenance service for
the entire fleet of 55 Citadis tramsets over a five-year
period.



This new order follows the cooperation/partnership framework
agreement concerning air, sea, land and rail transport, which
was signed in Tunis on 23 April 2009 between the Ministry of
Transport of Tunisia, Abderahim Zouari, and Dominique
Bussereau, France’s secretary of state for transport.


Alstom Transport in Tunisia:

Alstom Transport has a 20-year presence in Tunisia and leads
the transport sector with 36 % of the market. In 2008, Alstom
completed electrification work for the extension of the No. 1
tramway line to “El Mourouj” and has also been
awarded a contract for the electrification of the Tunis-Borj
Cedria rail line (Southern suburb of Tunis) by the SNCFT
(Tunisian Railways). This contract, which Alstom is directing
as part of a consortium, marks the first phase of the rapid
rail network (RFR) construction project for the greater Tunis
region. This contract will also contribute to an improvement in
environmental quality by favouring the use of electricity over
diesel power. Additionally, Alstom, as leader of a consortium
comprising Thales and two Tunisian companies, EGMS and
Bonna–Tunisia, submitted in January 2010 a technical
offer for the construction of two new lines of approximately 18
km long for the RFR project. This bid which is based on both
Alstom expertise in the area of infrastructure, concerns a
depot-workshop, tracks, power supply, catenary line, signalling
system and telecommunications. The RFR will ultimately comprise
five lines totalling 85 kilometres. It will have a capacity of
over 20,000 passengers per hour and per line between the
suburbs of Tunis and the centre of the capital.



About the Citadis Tramway:

To date, 1,382 Citadis trams have been ordered by 34 cities
throughout the world, and more than 60 additional cities are
planning tramway projects for the coming years. Tramways have
enjoyed unprecedented success since they enable cities, such as
Tunis, to develop sustainable mobility, rethink and modernize
urban areas, enhance their architectural heritage and expand
their prestige.



About Alstom Transport

Alstom Transport develops and offers the most complete range of
systems, equipment and services on the rail market, with
sustainable transport always in mind. Alstom Transport can
manage an entire transport system, from rolling stock to
signalling and infrastructure, and offers turnkey solutions. In
2009-2010, Alstom Transport recorded sales of €5.8
billion. Alstom Transport is present in over 60 countries and
has 27,000 employees.