There are 11 ways to get from Cheltenham to Dresden by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
best- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BHX - DRS
7h 36m€140–407Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BRS - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
9h 7m€85–241Train
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddingtontrain
- 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
14h 45m€186–644Bus
- Take the bus from Royal Well Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 444 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
25h 32m€111–188Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cheltenham to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Dresdencar
13hTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BHX - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
9h 3m€91–256Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LHR - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 52m€139–490Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LHR - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
10h 19m€144–504Train via Hanover
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
17h 51m€128–775Bus via Berlin
- Take the bus from Royal Well Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 444 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Dresden Neustadt stationbus 060 / ...
26h 40m€90–187Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cheltenham to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Dresdencar
14h 8m€223–324
Cheltenham to Dresden by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cheltenham to Dresden is to bus via Berlin which costs €90 - €190 and takes 26h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Cheltenham to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 7h 36m and costs €140 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Cheltenham station to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Royal Well Bus Station and arriving at Dresden central station via London Victoria and Prague. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Cheltenham to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Cheltenham Spa and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 45m.
The distance between Cheltenham and Dresden is 1175 km.
The best way to get from Cheltenham to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 14h 45m and costs €180 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Cheltenham to Dresden, including transfers.
Cheltenham to Dresden bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Royal Well Bus Station.
Cheltenham to Dresden train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cheltenham Spa station.
The best way to get from Cheltenham to Dresden is to train which takes 14h 45m and costs €180 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 25h 32m.
What companies run services between Cheltenham, England and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Cheltenham Spa to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, and Frankfurt in around 14h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Royal Well Bus Station to Dresden central station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Prague, Central Train Station, and Prague in around 25h 32m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
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
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–15
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cheltenham Spa to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- 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
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €55–85
- 1st Class
- €120–200
- Phone
- 088 - 033 13 60
- Website
- keolis.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €2
- Website
- Keolis Nederland
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Royal Well Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Dresden Neustadt station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Cheltenham to Dresden bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Dresden is 1h ahead of Cheltenham. It is currently 9:40 PM in Cheltenham and 10:40 PM in Dresden.
Cheltenham to Dresden train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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