Re Contract

RNS Number:4228R
Alstom
29 October 2003

                   ALSTOM WILL DESIGN AND SUPPLY THE ELECTRICAL AND
                    MECHANICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A NEW METRO LINE 
                                     IN SAO PAULO

Companhia do Metropolitano de Sao Paulo (CMSP), the company charged with the
operation and expansion of the Sao Paulo area's metro, has awarded a turnkey
contract for construction of a new line to the Via Amarela consortium. The group
is led by CBPO Engenharia of the Odebrecht group, which, along with other
construction companies, is responsible for the civil works.

As the member of the consortium responsible for the electrical and mechanical
infrastructure, ALSTOM will design, supply, install and test the power-supply
and electrical-distribution systems, telecommunications equipment and auxiliary
systems (such as fire detection, pumping and lighting). ALSTOM's share of the
contract is Euro80 million.

Called the Amarela (Portuguese for "yellow") Line, Line 4 will be 12.8
kilometers long with nine stations. Expected to carry a million passengers a
day, it will offer connections with three subway lines and two suburban lines.
Commercial operation is slated to begin in 2007.

"This vote of confidence of ALSTOM's metro-systems technology and know-how is
also a confirmation of our successful long-term relationship with Sao Paulo,"
said Francis Jelensperger, ALSTOM Transport's senior vice president for the
Americas region.

Over the last three decades, ALSTOM has sold more than 600 metro cars to Sao
Paulo. In a recent project, ALSTOM was the technical leader of the consortium
that built the city's Line 5, which opened last year. ALSTOM also supplied the
operations-control center, the auxiliary systems and the fleet of 48 six-car
METROPOLIS trainsets for the line.

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 Euro5.1 billion in
financial year 2002-2003, is among the world's leading suppliers to the railway
industry.

Press relations:              
G. Tourvieille
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Investor relations:           
Emmanuelle Chatelain
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