As the Iron Curtain fell across Europe, the service continued to run, but the Communist nations increasingly replaced the Wagon-Lits cars with carriages run by their own railway services.
Selama Tirai Besi melintasi Eropa, layanan ini tetap berjalan, tetapi negara-negara komunis mengganti gerbong Wagon-Lits dengan gerbong yang dijalankan layanan kereta api mereka.