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Alsthom, Chinese Partner Win Nanjing Subway Coach Contract

The world's leading metro coach producer Alsthom and its Chinese partner have recently won a 1.189 billion yuan (143 million US dollars) contract to supply 120 coaches for the subway system of east China's Nanjing City.


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The world's leading metro coach producer Alsthom and its Chinese partner have recently won a 1.189 billion yuan (143 million US dollars) contract to supply 120 coaches for the subway system of east China's Nanjing City.

According to the contract signed here last week, the first coach will be produced at Alsthom's French factory, while the remaining 119 will be produced at the Chinese partner's factory, the Nanjing Puzhen Railway Coaches Works.

The Nanjing subway system will measure 21.6 km on the completion of the first phase of construction and is expected to be operational by September 2005.

The first coaches will be delivered in May 2004 and the last by June 2006.

Alsthom previously won the contracts to supply 168 coaches for Shanghai's subway system and 152 coaches for the city's light rail system.


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