There are 12 ways to get from Manchester to Dessau by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)MAN - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbf
8h€120–353Fly Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)MAN - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
6h 38m€71–223Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf50 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau HbfS2
14h 25m€204–790Bus, train
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals540 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the train from S Charlottenburg Bhf to Dessau HbfRe7
26h 49m€89–272Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Dessau
13h 18mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)BHX - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
8h 19m€98–396Train to Liverpool, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)LPL - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
7h 22m€86–243Fly Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)MAN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Magdeburg-Neustadt
- Take the train from Magdeburg-Neustadt to Dessau Hbf
8h 54m€91–260Fly Manchester Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)MAN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
9h 19m€130–344Train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Venlo
- Take the train from Venlo to Hamm
- Take the train from Hamm to Dessau Hbf55
17h 52m€226–710Bus, train via Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf28 / ...
- Take the bus from Lu. Wittenberg, Hauptbahnhof to Dessau, Ferdinand-von-Schill-Str.304
28h 19mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Dessau
14h 26m€240–343
Manchester to Dessau by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Dessau is to fly and train which costs €70 - €230 and takes 6h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Dessau is to fly and train which takes 6h 38m and costs €70 - €230.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Dessau. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Dessau Hbf via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt and Leipzig Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 25m.
The distance between Manchester and Dessau is 1088 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Dessau without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 14h 25m and costs €200 - €800.
It takes approximately 8h to get from Manchester to Dessau, including transfers.
Manchester to Dessau train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
Dessau is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 10:44 AM in Manchester and 11:44 AM in Dessau.
Manchester to Dessau train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
Book your Manchester to Dessau train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Dessau, Germany?
You can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Dessau Hbf via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, and Leipzig Hbf in around 14h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Liverpool to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–90
Flights from Liverpool to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–90
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Liverpool to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Charlottenburg Bhf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stendal Hbf to Magdeburg-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg-Neustadt to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- 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
- €70–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg-Neustadt to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamm to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- 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
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–17
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–23
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- 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 Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Venlo to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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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