A consortium including French engineering firm Alstom and Chinese partners has won a contract worth 85.5 million euros to supply 126 subway cars for the city of Nanjing.

Alstom's share of the contract is worth 25.5 million euros.

Alstom will design and test the cars while Chinese partner Puzhen, leader of the consortium, will build the cars.

The subway cars are scheduled to begin entering service in 2010.