There are 11 ways to get from Manchester to Dessau by plane, train, 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)plane MAN - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbftrain
7h 52mDrive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Dessaucar
14h 36m€211–343Train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- 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 Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain S2
14h 24mBus, train
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 540 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the bus from Lu. Wittenberg, Hauptbahnhof to Dessau, Ferdinand-von-Schill-Str.bus 304
28h 14mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Dessaucar
13h 24mFly Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane MAN - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbftrain
6h 38mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BHX - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbftrain
8h 14mFly Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane MAN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stendal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Magdeburg-Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Magdeburg-Neustadt to Dessau Hbftrain
9hFly Manchester Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain
9h 20mTrain via Hamm
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Hammtrain
- Take the train from Hamm to Dessau Hbftrain 55
17h 57mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Leipzig Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbftrain S2
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Manchester Airport (MAN) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Dessau is to drive and car ferry which costs €210 - €350 and takes 14h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Dessau is to drive and car ferry which takes 14h 36m and costs €210 - €350.
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, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt and Leipzig Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 24m.
The distance between Manchester and Dessau is 1088 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Dessau without a car is to train which takes 14h 24m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 52m to get from Manchester to Dessau, including transfers.
Manchester to Dessau train services, operated by Virgin West Coast Trains, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
Dessau is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 11:19 PM in Manchester and 12:19 AM in Dessau.
Manchester to Dessau train services, operated by Virgin West Coast Trains, 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, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, and Leipzig Hbf in around 14h 24m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–320
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–650
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €24–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €24–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Stendal Hbf to Magdeburg-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Magdeburg-Neustadt to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Hamm to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- 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
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Venlo to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- northernrail.org
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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
- €9–22
- 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
- €6–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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