There are 10 ways to get from Locarno to Dresden by train, bus, night train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Locarno to AarauIc
- Take the train from Aarau to Basel SBBIc
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof50
12h 29m€157–359Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostation171
- Take the bus from Chur station train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc456
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station060 / ...
16h 53m€50–129Train, night train
- Take the train from Locarno to Zürich HBIr46
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Dresden HbfEn
15h 29m€212–315Drive 801.5 km
- Drive from Locarno to Dresden801.5 km
7h 58m€138–199Train
- Take the train from Locarno to Basel SBBIr26
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Dresden HbfEc
15h 19mTrain, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Dresden Airport (DRS)MXP - DRS
8h 22m€127–361Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)ZRH - DRS
7h 14m€165–446Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)MXP - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
8h 48m€73–296Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)MXP - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
9h 56m€76–208Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)BGY - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
10h 26m€127–318
Locarno to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Locarno to Dresden is to bus which costs €45 - €130 and takes 16h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Locarno to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 7h 14m and costs €160 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Locarno to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Locarno, Debarcadero and arriving at Dresden central station via Bellinzona, Stazione, Chur station train station and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Locarno to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Locarno and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Aarau, Basel SBB and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 29m.
The distance between Locarno and Dresden is 1063 km. The road distance is 801.5 km.
The best way to get from Locarno to Dresden without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 12h 29m and costs €150 - €360.
It takes approximately 12h 29m to get from Locarno to Dresden, including transfers.
Locarno to Dresden bus services, operated by PostAuto Schweiz AG, depart from Bellinzona, Stazione station.
Locarno to Dresden train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Locarno station.
The best way to get from Locarno to Dresden is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 12h 29m and costs €150 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €130 and takes 16h 53m.
What companies run services between Locarno, Switzerland and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Locarno to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Aarau, Basel SBB, and Frankfurt in around 12h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Locarno, Debarcadero to Dresden central station via Bellinzona, Stazione, Chur, Postautostation, Chur station train station, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 16h 53m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Locarno to Aarau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Aarau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–24
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Locarno to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–240
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- 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
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €55–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 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
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chur station train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
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More Questions & Answers
Locarno to Dresden bus services, operated by PostAuto Schweiz AG, arrive at Chur, Postautostation.
Locarno to Dresden train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Aarau station.
Yes, the driving distance between Locarno to Dresden is 801 km. It takes approximately 7h 58m to drive from Locarno to Dresden.
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