After the Polish campaign, Hitler returned to Berlin, where the Sonderzug was stationed in a high-security zone of Tempelhof Airport.
In October 1940, Hitler used his special train to travel to France, where he held three diplomatic meetings, one with Pierre Laval to prepare for the meeting with Marshal Pétain, then with Francisco Franco at Hendaye near the Spanish border (the trains could not go any longer as the gauge of the Spanish rails was larger than standard at the time), and then with Marshal Pétain at Montoire-sur-le-Loir, a small French town 200 kilometres southwest of Paris.
In April 1941, the train was parked in Mönichkirchen, a small town near Vienna, where Hitler commanded the attack on Yugoslavia after Mussolini's failed attempt to taiwan email list conquer Greece. This is where he celebrated his 52nd birthday with his staff. He also held several diplomatic meetings on his train.
On 27 and 28 August 1941, Hitler and Mussolini met at Anlage Süd to discuss the conduct of the campaign against the Soviet Union. This facility consisted of two reinforced tunnels that were built 30 kilometres apart in 1941. In each of them, a train could be parked and the doors could be sealed in case of attack. Hitler's train was parked in the Strzyżów tunnel, and Mussolini's was parked in the Stepina tunnel.
On 16 January 1945, Hitler left his FHQ Adlerhorst to return to Berlin and ride for the last time in the Führersonderzug.
On 7 May 1945, after Hitler's death, the SS decided to blow up and burn Hitler's personal carriage near Mallnitz. Britain and the United States shared the remainder of the train after the war, which was used in occupied Germany. In the 1950s, the carriages were returned to Germany. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer used the remainder of the Führersonderzug as his personal train, and in the 1960s and 1970s, the carriages were separated and used until