There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Dresden by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane EDI - DRS
7h 21m€148–351Fly Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane EDI - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 16m€79–231Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- 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
16h 41m€218–563Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
30h 34m€111–214Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Dresdencar
17h 21mFly Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane EDI - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 43m€84–230Fly Edinburgh Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane EDI - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 37m€151–351Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GLA - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
9h 35m€98–240Train via Enschede
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Bielefeld Hbftrain
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55
20h 9m€224–550Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden Neustadt stationbus 060
32h 17m€124–397Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Hullcar
- Take the car ferry from Hull to Rotterdamcarferry
- Drive from Rotterdam to Dresdencar
23h 25m€292–450
Edinburgh to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Dresden is to fly and train which costs €75 - €240 and takes 7h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 7h 16m and costs €75 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Dresden central station via London Victoria and Prague. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 41m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Dresden is 1274 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 16h 41m and costs €210 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Edinburgh to Dresden, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Dresden train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Dresden is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs €140 - €360. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €210 - €600 and takes 16h 41m, you could also bus, which costs €110 - €220 and takes 30h 34m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa and easyJet fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dresden Airport (DRS) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, and Frankfurt in around 16h 41m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- 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
- €65–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- 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
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–75
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–21
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €75–120
- 1st Class
- €160–270
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €32
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Hengelo to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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 Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden Neustadt station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Hull to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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Edinburgh to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Dresden is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:06 PM in Edinburgh and 2:06 PM in Dresden.
Edinburgh to Dresden train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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