There are 12 ways to get from Brighton to Dresden by plane, train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly London Gatwick Airport to Dresden Airport
best- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LGW - DRS
7h 16m€92–376Fly London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LGW - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
9h 12m€74–250Train
- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
13h 55m€282–600Train, bus
- Take the train from Brighton to London Blackfriarstrain
- Take the bus from Upminster to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
25h 4m€121–240Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Brighton to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Dresdencar
11h 20mFly London Gatwick Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LGW - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 6m€83–281Train to London City Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Brighton to London Bridgetrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LCY - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 48m€160–489Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LHR - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 35m€145–379Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LHR - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
10h 31m€136–368Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 51
15h 21m€287–640Bus
- Take the bus from Preston Circus to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 025
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Dresden central stationbus N60 / ...
26h 58m€100–195Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Brighton to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Dresdencar
12h 34m€167–262
Brighton to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brighton to Dresden is to bus which costs €100 - €200 and takes 26h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Brighton to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 7h 6m and costs €80 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Brighton to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Preston Circus and arriving at Dresden central station via London Victoria and Berlin Südkreuz train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Brighton to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Brighton and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 55m.
The distance between Brighton and Dresden is 1024 km.
The best way to get from Brighton to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 13h 55m and costs €280 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Brighton to Dresden, including transfers.
Brighton to Dresden bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Preston Circus station.
Brighton to Dresden train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Brighton station.
The best way to get from Brighton to Dresden is to fly which takes 7h 16m and costs €90 - €380. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €280 - €600 and takes 13h 55m, you could also bus, which costs €100 - €200 and takes 26h 58m.
What companies run services between Brighton, England and Dresden, Germany?
Swiss, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dresden Airport (DRS) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Brighton to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, and Frankfurt in around 13h 55m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–850
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dresden Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to London Blackfriars
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Upminster to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Preston Circus to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–20
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Brighton to Dresden bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Dresden is 1h ahead of Brighton. It is currently 2:34 PM in Brighton and 3:34 PM in Dresden.
Brighton to Dresden train services, operated by Thameslink, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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