Alstom to Supply Maintenance for 135 Suburban Trains in Stockholm

Regulatory News:

Stockholmståg, the company operating commuter trains in the greater Stockholm area, in Sweden, has awarded Alstom (Paris:ALO) Transport with a maintenance contract worth €107 million over a five-year period, for the maintenance of a fleet of 135 suburban trains.

The contract includes the full maintenance of 71 Coradia Nordic trains Alstom has already supplied to Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) and the maintenance of 12 Coradia Nordic trains scheduled for delivery in 2012¹. The deal also covers the maintenance of 52 older types of commuter trains manufactured by ASEA.

Optimization of maintenance regime and presence of corrective technicians in traffic care points will improve fleet availability and performance. Besides, an Alstom fleet management team will work in the customer control center using TrainTracer. The addition of TrainTracer to a train’s control system makes it possible to generate by radio transmission an almost continuous flow of data on the condition of major components. Informed in real time or upon request, technicians can analyse and anticipate eventual problems or diagnose breakdowns. The increased use of predictive and preventive maintenance significantly increases the effective availability and profitability of fleets.

Alstom’s maintenance services are supplied by a team of more than 100 people in three local depots based in Bro, Sodertalje and Alvsjo. Building on its experience of taking over existing maintenance services, Alstom will put a special emphasis on the integration of the current maintenance teams through training programs and exchanges of best practices.

"This order underlines confidence shown in Alstom and the quality of our work. We are aiming to be a benchmark for the maintenance industry and to deliver a modern top quality service to Stockholmståg”, declares Lars Kleppe, Director of Alstom Transport for Nordic Countries and Baltic States.

About Alstom Transport’s Services

Alstom offers its customers a full range of customized rolling stock maintenance services to optimize the operation and the performances of their fleets. "Maintenance” is one of the three pillars of Alstom Transport’s Services portfolio, which also includes "Parts and logistic services supply” and "Renovation” of existing fleets. Accounting for more than 20% of the total Alstom Transport’s sales, "Services” is one of the businesses with the best growth potential over the next 10 years. In this area, Alstom has secured major contracts in recent years to handle the maintenance of Pendolino’s fleet in West Coast Main Line (United Kingdom). Alstom was also awarded maintenance contracts for the London and Bucharest metros, the Citadis tramways in Barcelona and Reims, the AGV very high-speed train in Italy. In addition, Alstom is supplying parts to Amtrak, the national railway operator in the United States and modernizing the Spanish AVE fleet (high-speed train).

About Alstom Transport

A promoter of sustainable mobility, Alstom Transport develops and markets the most complete range of systems, equipment and services in the railway sector. Alstom Transport manages entire transport systems, taking in rolling stock, signalling and infrastructure, and offers "turnkey” solutions. Alstom Transport recorded sales of 5.8 billion euros in the fiscal year 2009-2010. Alstom Transport is present in over 60 countries and employs some 27,000 people.

¹ In May 2010, the Stockholm public transport authorities (SL : Storstockholms Lokaltrafik) placed a €102 million order with Alstom for 12 new Coradia Nordic suburban trains. These trains will be used on the Stockholm-Uppsala line.