And, you want to be off the train before it leaves the station.

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The overnight train from Baku to the southern border town of Astara leaves at 11pm and makes its way slowly south, along the coast of the Caspian Sea.

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Two minutes later, I board a train so silent that, when it leaves the station, I can only tell it is actually moving by looking out the window.

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This legendary train leaves Euston Station each night and, via a series of carriage shuffles unnoticed by the snoozing passenger, reaches Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Aberdeen, Fort William and points in between.

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