Their main use in Yugoslavia was on lines Zagreb - Split - Zagreb, Zagreb - Zadar - Zadar - Zagreb, Zagreb - Šibenik - Zagreb and Zagreb - Osijek - Zagreb. They are also well remembered covering inter-city and fast services on the route Zagreb - Zabok - Varaždin - Čakovec - Zagreb, where they have spent the last 10 years of their active career. HŽ series 7 021 was withdrawn from service on January 10, 2005.
