Alstom to bid for Dubai metro, rail projects

Top of the list appears to be the new "purple" and "blue" metro lines and rail projects in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The 49 kilometres purple line links Dubai airport terminal 1 and the new Jebel Ali airport on Al Khail Road and the 47 kilometres blue line links the two via Emirates Road.

The tendering process for the purple line is expected at the end of 2007 and the project is planned to be completed by 2012. Tendering for the blue line is expected to start in 2008 and the project should be completed by 2015. Rail projects for which Alstom intends to bid are the Burj Dubai light rail project, the Dubai Al Sufouh and Abu Dhabi light rail projects and the trans-Emirates rail system. This 700 kilometre line is being built at an estimated cost of $3 billion. Phase two of the project will connect the six Gulf states.

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Alstom chairman Patrick Kron also said that the company was intending to bid for several projects in Saudi Arabia including the land bridge project that will link the country's east and west. He said the pre-qualification phase may start at the beginning of next year.

Alstom is involved in numerous energy projects in the region and continues to see a large demand for aluminium smelters and desalination power stations, said Sylvain Hijazi, country president, Gulf area. The petrochemical sector, steel mills and cement factories also present good opportunities For the 2005/2006 financial year Alstom received orders of $20.1 billion for which 35 per cent was in the transportation sector and the remaining 65 per cent in power equipment and service.