As the Class was run down their final days were spent based at Bletchley and Haymarket. The ScR sets operated the Fife Circle services, from Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline/Kirkcaldy in peak periods only, and a single run to Perth.

The Open Golf Championship held in Carnoustie in Jul '99 saw 117s work special trains for the event. Noted workings were on Friday the 16th when sets 306/313 worked the 16:47 Carnoustie to Edinburgh, on the Sat. the 08:30 from Edinburgh was 301/311, the 09:00 313/306, and the 09:15 was 308, all to Carnoustie. The normal 117 diagrams on the Fife Circle were covered by 158s.

They were not favoured by commuters, and late in '99 they were reduced to 2-car sets. Soon after, once the arrival of the 170s allowed cascading of Sprinters, they were taken out of use at very short notice. The last advertised service, on the 28th November, was worked by a Sprinter! They were sent to store at Perth during the remainder of there lease from Angel Train Contracts, and suffered some vandalism there. They moved south in March 2000 to another period in store at Shroeburyness.

A survey of the sets in stock in December 1997 showed:

Set	Livery	DMBS	TC	DMS
301	RR	51353	59505	51395
306	RR	51369	59521	51411
308	RR	51371	59509	51413
310	RR	51373	59486	51381
311	RR	51334	59500	51376
313	RR	51339	59492	51382
444	B/G	51360	59490	51402
700	NSE	51332	-	51374
701	NSE	51350	-	51392
702	NSE	51356	-	51398
704	NSE	51341	-	51381
705	NSE	51358	-	51400
706	NSE	51366	-	51408
707	NSE	51335	-	51377
720	NSE	51354	-	51396
721	NSE	51363	-	51405
724	NSE	51333	-	51375

Livery: RR - Regional Railways; B/G - Blue/Grey; NSE - Network South East
301-313 were allocated to Haymarket
444 was allocated to CQ
700 - 724 were allocated to Bletchley