The manufacturer of high-speed TGV trains now sees a free cash inflow between 100 million and 300 million euros ($104 million and $311 million) for the full year, against its previous outlook for a positive cash flow without a specified amount.

The Paris-based company is recovering from the costly acquisition of Bombardier's rail business which put its cash flow in the red last year.

Alstom recorded free cash outflow of 45 million euros for the six months to the end of September, compared with an outflow of 179 million euros expected by analysts polled by the company.

Its half-year order intake reached 10.1 billion euros, while analysts had expected 9.6 billion on average.

"Market momentum remains very positive with customers confirming their investment plans in all regions," Alstom's chairman and chief executive Henri Poupart-Lafarge said in a statement.

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(Reporting by Olivier Sorgho and Dagmarah Mackos; Editing by Milla Nissi)