Originally Posted by
flyingfkb
The CNL always runs via Salzburg because it does not take the Brenner crossing but crosses at Villach.
Long gone now but the 2x I took the CNL north Italy=> Munich (and 1x south) it crossed into Austria at Steinach am Brenner. Never been woken up (even during the tail end of the refugee crisis) perhaps because my wife gave her Austrian passport to the carriage attendant.