There are 10 ways to get from Ferrara to Dresden by train, plane, car, car train, bus, night train, or train (Trenitalia)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
best- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BLQ - DRS
6h 51m€107–423Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the bus from Venice Mestre Train Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Dresden Bayrische Strassebus
16h 58m€75–134Drive, car train
- Drive from Ferrara to Wörgl Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Wörgl Hbf to Magdeburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Magdeburg Hbf to Dresdencar
14h 14m€195–272Train, night train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the nighttrain from Venezia Mestre to Linz/Donau Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ec
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
18h 48m€103–264Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane VCE - DRS
7h 6m€164–508Train, train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Ferrara to Padovatrain
- Take the train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane VRN - DRS
8h 32m€135–607Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane VCE - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 45m€100–311Train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Padovatrain
- Take the train from Padova to Brennero - Brennertrain 89
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
15h 19m€195–511Bus
- Take the bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazionebus 356
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Leipzig central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Dresden central stationbus N67 / ...
18h 23m€98–152Drive 953.7 km
- Drive from Ferrara to Dresdencar 953.7 km
9h 35m€155–223
Ferrara to Dresden by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ferrara to Dresden is to train and bus which costs €75 - €140 and takes 16h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Ferrara to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 6h 51m and costs €100 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Ferrara to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Kennedy and arriving at Dresden central station via Bologna Centrale and Leipzig central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Ferrara to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Ferrara and arriving at Dresden Hbf via Venezia Mestre, Linz/Donau Hbf and Praha Hlavni Nadrazi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 48m.
The distance between Ferrara and Dresden is 823 km. The road distance is 953.7 km.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Dresden without a car is to train and bus which takes 16h 58m and costs €75 - €140.
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Ferrara to Dresden, including transfers.
Ferrara to Dresden bus services, operated by TPER spa, depart from Kennedy station.
Ferrara to Dresden train services, operated by ItaloTreno, depart from Ferrara station.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Dresden is to train which takes 15h 19m and costs €190 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €160 and takes 18h 23m.
What companies run services between Ferrara, Italy and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Ferrara to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Padova, Brennero - Brenner, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, and Leipzig Hbf in around 15h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kennedy to Dresden central station via Bologna Centrale and Leipzig central train station in around 18h 23m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–750
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–290
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–900
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Wörgl Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Venezia Mestre to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €95–110
- Couchette Carriage
- €65–80
- Seating Carriage
- €35–45
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–80
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €44–50
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €25–35
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Padova to Brennero - Brenner
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Venice Mestre Train Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Dresden Bayrische Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Ferrara to Dresden bus services, operated by TPER spa, arrive at Bologna Autostazione station.
Ferrara to Dresden train services, operated by ItaloTreno, arrive at Padova station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ferrara to Dresden is 954 km. It takes approximately 9h 35m to drive from Ferrara to Dresden.
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