The route opened when Soviet Railways began running a sleeper-car service between the two capitals in the 1960s, but it was usually only used by Russian diplomats. After the fall of the USSR ...

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Soviet map of central London ... Incidentally, the Russian word for 'railway station' (вокзал) pronounced 'vok`za'’ is derived from this former terminus station and pleasure gardens.