RAILPOOL completes locomotive upgrades to ETCS Baseline 3 in Scandinavia

In February 2025, RAILPOOL celebrated a milestone for its fleet’s future viability: the upgrade to ETCS Baseline version 3.4 of all locomotives in Scandinavia is complete. RAILPOOL has a total of 60 electric locomotives in service in Scandinavia. 40 of these were converted to the new ETCS version in a joint effort with Alstom and BS Verkstäder. They include 32 TRAXX2 AC and 8 TRAXX3 AC locomotives. A further 20 TRAXX3 AC locomotives, which were already factory-fitted with the new ATP, were newly purchased by the company during the last two years. The upgrade was supported by funding from the European Union as part of the ERTMS CEF (Connecting Europe Facilities) fundings 2021 and 2023.

RAILPOOL has always stood for a full-service company that, alongside its locomotive leasing, also offers maintenance services in combination with its own stock of spare parts for maximum vehicle availability of the fleet. To this end, the company is investing throughout Europe. In Scandinavia, RAILPOOL's purchase of the NTT workshops with locations in Oslo, Malmö and Göteborg, has created a reliable base for its full-service offering in the north in conjunction with its own comprehensive spare parts storage.