TER Métrolor, the Lorraine region, used several of the BB 16500s of Thionville from 2000. The withdrawal of the class began in 2001, and by 2004 already 111 locomotives which have disappeared from the workforce. The BB 16500s no longer haul freight trains, which were taken over by the BB 27000s . The remaining contingent (including locomotives in Fret livery which retained their colours, the TER logo replacing that of Fret) was redeployed to provide TER trains, particularly in Nord-Pas-de-Calais , Picardie , Haute and Lower Normandy , Champagne-Ardenne , Alsace and Ile-de-France. On 17 October 2009, a farewell tour was organized in Lorraine to mark the end of the use of these locomotives. The route taken was Thionville – Hagondange – Metz – Sarrebourg – Blainville - Damelevières – Nancy – Conflans-Jarny – Longuyon – Thionville. During this route, the Waville viaduct was used although it is not normally accessible for passenger trains. The last BB 16500 left the region at the end of 2009. By August 2010, the use of this class was significantly reduced. There were only 15 locomotives still in circulation, providing the last loco-hauled services on the TER Picardie and TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais lines. In September 2010, the last 9 locomotives were withdrawn. The last member of the class, BB 16651, was withdrawn on 9 September 2011 from Lens depot after having worked its last train on 1 September. Lines served Paris-Nord - Beauvais Paris-Est - Château-Thierry - Châlons-sur-Marne Paris-Est - Coulommiers Paris Est - Meaux Apach - Thionville - Woippy ( freight trains ) Nancy - Thionville Nancy - Luneville Nancy - Epinal - Remiremont Nancy - Saint-Die-des-Vosges Nancy - Bar-le-Duc Metz - Saarburg Strasbourg - Selestat Strasbourg - Mulhouse Mulhouse - Altkirch - Belfort Lille - Valenciennes Valenciennes - Aulnoye Valenciennes - Cambrai Sedan - Charleville-Mézières - Reims - Epernay Charleville-Mézières - Longwy Amiens - Creil Paris Nord - Amiens Creil - Compiègne - Saint-Quentin - Busigny Arras - Dunkirk station Lille-Flanders - Dunkirk Lille-Flanders - Arras Basel - Mulhouse Bondy – Aulnay-sous-Bois, before its conversion into a tram-train line (line T4) Mulhouse - Dole Dole - Vallorbe and Frasne - Pontarlier Chalindrey - Toul Depot allocation Achères (November 1998 to 2006) La Chapelle (December 1958 to 2008) Dolé (1963 to February 1968) Épernay (1981 to 2010), main workshop for the class Hellemmes (1958 to 1980), main workshop for the class Lens (1958 to