Service
Following the test and approval process the production of the locomotives could begin; by the end of June 2007 thirty locomotives had been built.
All new BB 75000 are received at the Gare de Longueau on the TER Picardie line in Amiens - where they will help replace the SNCF Class BB 67400 working between northern France and Belgium; from there they will be divided between two depots:
- Longueau: 150 - 200 machines (including those with equipment for cross border operations)
- Avignon.
They are primarily used on journeys of less than 400 km with train weight up to 1800 tonnes, above this mass multiple traction is employed.
Their first placements are in the north of France plus the Île-de-France from June 11 (Massy, Le Bourget, Vaires-sur-Marne and Troyes). Workings in the East and South-East of France will be served by the later production models, while the West will be supported by the new type of BB 60000 and the BB 69000 (which are remotorised BB 66000s).
On 28 March 2007, the first commercial multiple working took place consisting of BB 75009 and 75006.
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