18.04.2023
Artikel Nummer: 44796
First locomotive with ETCS on the Öresund Bridge
The Vectron locomotive has received approval for operation along the Scandinavian corridor (Austria-Germany-Denmark-Sweden-Norway). Now both freight and passenger trains may travel along the entire corridor without changing locomotives.
The first to take advantage of this is the Swedish rail operator Snälltaget, which has leased three Vectron locomotives from European Locomotive Leasing for cross-border passenger service in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and Austria.
Manufactured in the Siemens plant in Munich (Germany) the Vectron is the first locomotive equipped with the ETCS train control system that is allowed to operate across the 16 km long Öresund connection (bridge and tunnel) between Sweden and Denmark. (ben)