Siemens says approval for Sweden has already been received, with additional countries to follow.

ETCS Level 2 enables continuous communication between the locomotive and infrastructure. With the system, drivers receive their driving commands, such as permitted speed, targeted speed and distance directly on the display rather than from trackside signals.

ETCS Baseline 3 has a number of new features compared with ETCS Baseline 2, including a universal braking curve model, which will simplify the deployment of ETCS on-board equipment throughout Europe.

Siemens Mobility has sold more than 980 Vectron locomotives to 48 customers.