Bombardier Receives $40-Million Order for Electrical Multiple Units in France.

Business Editors

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2002

Bombardier Transportation (TSE:BBD.A.) (TSE:BBD.B.) received an order from Alstom, valued at approximately $40 million Cdn (29 million euros), for the supply of 29 trailer cars and 58 carrying bogies for ZTER electrical multiple units. The production will be undertaken at Bombardier's site in Crespin, France. This contract was obtained following an order for 29 ZTER trainsets made by the French National Railways (SNCF) on behalf of French regions. Delivery of the new vehicles is scheduled to take place between May 2003 and March 2004.

This contract, which represents an additional order to a contract signed in 1999, brings to 51 the number of ZTER electrical multiple units ordered to date by the SNCF. The trainsets are destined for the following regions: Centre (15), Bretagne (17), Pays-de-Loire (14) and Poitou-Charente (5).

The ZTER electrical multiple unit consists of two motor coaches and one trailer car. It has a seating capacity of 217 passengers and can travel at a maximum speed of 200 km/h. The interior design of the new vehicles features an access ramp for disabled people and a waste tank for toilets.

According to Jacques Lamotte, executive vice-president of Bombardier Transportation, "This new order, combined with the design of the future Autorails Grande Capacite (high-capacity Regional Express Trains) and the TER2N NG production currently underway, confirms Bombardier Transportation's site in Crespin as a specialist in regional transport in France."

Bombardier Transportation in France operates primarily at its Crespin site in the Valenciennes region, where it employs more than 1,250 people. In the French market, Bombardier Transportation participates in all TGV programs and manufactures a wide range of rolling stock for public transport. Among these products are the MF 88 and MF 2000 vehicles for the Paris metro, the Strasbourg, Nantes and Saint-Etienne tramways, the Nancy and Caen trams-on-tires, the recent vehicles for the RER network and the TER2N NG regional transport railcars. In addition, Bombardier Transportation recently signed a contract with SNCF for the supply of 500 TER (Regional Express Trains) of the Autorail Grande Capacite (AGC) type for the French regions.

Bombardier Transportation is the global leader in the rail equipment, manufacturing and servicing industry. Its wide range of products includes passenger rail cars and complete rail transportation systems. It also manufactures locomotives, freight cars, propulsion & controls and provides signaling equipment and systems.

Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services company, is a world leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational products. It also provides financial services and asset management in business areas aligned with its core expertise. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, the Corporation has a workforce of some 80,000 people in 24 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2002 stood at $21.6 billion Cdn. Bombardier trades on the Toronto, Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges (BBD, BOM and BBDd.F).