6 hours is too short for any special trains (i.e. #001/2 is Moscow - St.Petersburg 8 hour night train) so you can expect that at any route, also attendants have to wake up passengers by a rule.
Added: GP is probably talking about a train that didn't cross a border.
I think when you share anecdotes like yours, its good to share anecdotes like mine, to balance it out :)