There are 12 ways to get from London to Dresden by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, car ferry, or train
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Train
best- 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
11h 33m€151–448Bus via Berlin
cheapest- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus N1328
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Dresden Neustadt stationbus N160 / ...
22h 25m€69–127Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus RegioJet 10
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
21h 14m€89–148Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Dresdencar
11hFly London City Airport to Dresden Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LCY - DRS
7h 8m€140–494Train via Enschede
- 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
15h 1m€156–437Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Dresdencar
12h 13m€179–286Fly London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LCY - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 43m€111–414Fly London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LHR - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 48m€105–312Fly London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LHR - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 15m€105–321Fly London Stansted Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane STN - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 37m€89–260Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LGW - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 28m€73–269
London to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Dresden is to bus via Berlin which costs €65 - €130 and takes 22h 25m.
The fastest way to get from London to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 6h 43m and costs €110 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from London to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from London Victoria and arriving at Dresden central station via Prague. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from London to Dresden. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Bruxelles Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 33m.
The distance between London and Dresden is 1260 km.
The best way to get from London to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 11h 33m and costs €150 - €450.
It takes approximately 11h 33m to get from London to Dresden, including transfers.
London to Dresden bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from London Victoria station.
London to Dresden train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from London to Dresden is to train which takes 11h 33m and costs €150 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €150 and takes 21h 14m, you could also fly, which costs €140 - €500 and takes 7h 8m.
What companies run services between London, England and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from London St Pancras Intl to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, and Frankfurt in around 11h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from London Victoria to Dresden central station via Prague, Central Train Station and Prague in around 21h 14m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
Flights from London City Airport to Dresden Airport via Luxembourg, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- 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 Bielefeld Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–75
- 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
- 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
- +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/
- 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 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- 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/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
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 London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Dresden Neustadt station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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London to Dresden bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Praha, Hlavní Nádraží station.
Dresden is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 4:13 PM in London and 5:13 PM in Dresden.
London to Dresden train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
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