There are 10 ways to get from Locarno to Dresden by train (Trenitalia), train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
12h 41m€176–821Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostationbus 171
- Take the bus from Chur station train station to Praguebus
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
17h 16m€65–114Train, bus
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Dresdenbus Ivano-Frankivsk
15h 9mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Locarno to Zürich HBtrain Ir46
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Dresden Hbfnighttrain En
15h 29m€264–540Drive 800.3 km
- Drive from Locarno to Dresdencar 800.3 km
8h 2m€137–198Drive, car train
- Drive from Locarno to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Magdeburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Magdeburg Hbf to Dresdencar
12h 36m€195–271Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane MXP - DRS
8h 13m€153–529Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Locarno to Seregnotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LIN - DRS
8h 41m€174–542Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane ZRH - DRS
7h 4m€169–512Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane MXP - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
10h 23m€68–318
Locarno to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Locarno to Dresden is to bus which costs €65 - €120 and takes 17h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Locarno to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 7h 4m and costs €160 - €550.
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 Prague. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Locarno to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Locarno and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Bellinzona, Basel SBB and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 41m.
The distance between Locarno and Dresden is 1071 km. The road distance is 800.3 km.
The best way to get from Locarno to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 12h 41m and costs €170 - €850.
It takes approximately 12h 41m 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 Bellinzona station.
The best way to get from Locarno to Dresden is to train which takes 12h 41m and costs €170 - €850. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €120 and takes 17h 16m.
What companies run services between Locarno, Switzerland and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Locarno to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Bellinzona, Basel SBB, and Frankfurt in around 12h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Locarno, Debarcadero to Dresden central station via Bellinzona, Stazione, Chur, Postautostation, Chur station train station, and Prague in around 17h 16m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–650
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–700
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Locarno to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €70–100
- 2nd Class
- €50–70
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
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €190–330
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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/
Train from Locarno to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Dresden
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- postauto.ch
Bus from Bellinzona, Stazione to Chur, Postautostation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.postauto.ch
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Chur station train station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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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 Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Locarno to Dresden is 800 km. It takes approximately 8h 2m to drive from Locarno to Dresden.
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