Last update: 04.01.2022
On 01.01.2009, the SNCF / Geodis group founded Akiem, a 100% subsidiary of the Transport and Logistic Branch of SNCF that started offering leasing services to operators. Gradually, seventy units of the BB 27000 series became the property of Akiem in 2009 and 2010: 427111-427180. During the decade that followed these machines were repainted in a neutral silver livery, they lost the prefix ‘4’. Most Akiem BB 27000s have the Midi-package.
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