There are 8 ways to get from Luthern to Dresden by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, or car
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Train, fly to Dresden Airport
best- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)ZRH - DRS
4h 59m€137–380Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse to Praha, ÚAN FlorencRegioJet 22
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station060 / ...
13h 27m€46–105Train
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBEc / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof50
10h 10m€96–284Train, bus
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBIr70 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dresden central stationN42 / ...
13h 2m€77–116Train, night train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBIr70 / ...
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Dresden HbfEn
12h 20m€167–241Train, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)ZRH - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
7h€75–235Train, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)ZRH - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
8h 22m€89–212Drive 712.2 km
- Drive from Luthern to Dresden712.2 km
7h 43m€122–176
Luthern to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Luthern to Dresden is to bus which costs €45 - €110 and takes 13h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Luthern to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 4h 59m and costs €130 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Luthern to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse and arriving at Dresden central station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Luthern to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Basel SBB and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 10m.
The distance between Luthern and Dresden is 635 km. The road distance is 712.2 km.
The best way to get from Luthern to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 10h 10m and costs €95 - €290.
It takes approximately 4h 59m to get from Luthern to Dresden, including transfers.
Luthern to Dresden bus services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse station.
Luthern to Dresden train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Luzern station.
The best way to get from Luthern to Dresden is to train which takes 10h 10m and costs €95 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €110 and takes 13h 27m.
What companies run services between Luthern, Switzerland and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Luzern to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Basel SBB and Frankfurt in around 10h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lucerne Landenbergstrasse to Dresden central station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 13h 27m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
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 Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 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
- Hourly
- 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
- €20–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- 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 Lucerne Landenbergstrasse to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://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
- €6–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Luthern to Dresden bus services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Luthern to Dresden train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Luthern to Dresden is 712 km. It takes approximately 7h 43m to drive from Luthern to Dresden.
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