SNCF Class BB 27300 the number carried on the locomotive is prefixed with the number 8, to denote the unit as belonging to the Île-de-France division of SNCF. The first locomotives entered service in 2006 on suburban trains from Paris Montparnasse railway station. Current deployment sees a total of 25 locomotives operating services from Paris-Montparnasse on trains to Dreux, Mantes-la-Jolie and Rambouillet. At Montparnasse they have displaced older SNCF Class BB 8500 and BB 25500 locomotives. A further 42 locomotives operate from Paris Saint-Lazare railway station on trains to Poissy, Mantes-la-Jolie, Pontoise, Gisors, and Ermont Eaubonne. At Saint-Lazare BB 8500 and BB 17000 locomotives
SNCF Logistics January 2010 the total acquisition of Ermewa (a major European wagon hire business) by SNCF Geodis via the SNCF subsidiary company "Transport et Logistique Partenaires SA" was cleared by the European Commission. In December 2010, SNCF Geodis completed its purchase of ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft. As of 2010 SNCF Geodis is one of five subdivisions of SNCF. The division is organised into four spheres - Geodis (integrated logistics), STVA (car transportation logistics), Rail transport, and Asset management (rolling stock leasing): SNCF Logistics SNCF Logistics (formerly known as SNCF Geodis) is the division of the SNCF group responsible for freight transportation and logistics.