There are 9 ways to get from Dresden to Zermatt by train, bus, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 50
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
12h 29mCHF 102–402Bus, train via Prague
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bern Neufeldbus
- Take the train from Bern to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
17h 8mCHF 79–214Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus N42
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Visptrain Ic8 / ...
15h 56mCHF 129–219Fly Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DRS - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Zermatttrain
8h 16mCHF 191–494Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12N
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
14h 40mCHF 103–272Fly Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane DRS - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
10h 27mCHF 147–467Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PRG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Visptrain
10h 2mBus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PRG - MXP
- Take the train from Gallarate to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
10h 39mBus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane PRG - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatttrain
11h 31m
Dresden to Zermatt by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Zermatt is to bus and train via Prague which costs SFr 75 - SFr 220 and takes 17h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Zermatt is to fly and train which takes 8h 16m and costs SFr 190 - SFr 500.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to Zermatt. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Zermatt via Frankfurt, Basel SBB and Visp. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 29m.
The distance between Dresden and Zermatt is 1050 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to Zermatt without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 12h 29m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 410.
It takes approximately 12h 29m to get from Dresden to Zermatt, including transfers.
Dresden to Zermatt train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
Dresden to Zermatt train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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You can take a train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Zermatt via Frankfurt, Basel SBB, and Visp in around 12h 29m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–350
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–470
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–500
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Dresden Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–370
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–160
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–19
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bern to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Visp to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 20–25
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 35–45
Train from Brig Bahnhofplatz to Zermatt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 25–31
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 45–55
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–8
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–50
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden central station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden central station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–12
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bern Neufeld
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–75
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–12
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden Bayrische Strasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +420 602 333 369
- noblessline@noblessline.cz
- Website
- noblessline.cz
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bern Neufeld
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 87
- Schedules at
- noblessline.cz
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