There are 10 ways to get from Reading to Dresden by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
best- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LHR - DRS
7h 15m€139–485Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LHR - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
9h 15m€110–362Train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 27
15h 31m€264–646Bus
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 5bus Ra1
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
24h 10m€134–204Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Reading to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Dresdencar
11h 25m€307–390Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LHR - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
7h 14m€126–408Train to London City Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LCY - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
7h 31m€169–606Train via Hanover
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
16h 46m€156–686Bus via Berlin
- Take the bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 5bus Ra1
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Dresden central stationbus N70 / ...
25h 43m€129–211Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Reading to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Dresdencar
12h 34m€183–314
Reading to Dresden by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Reading to Dresden is to bus via Berlin which costs €120 - €220 and takes 25h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Reading to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 7h 14m and costs €120 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Reading to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Reading RailAir and arriving at Dresden central station via Heathrow Terminal 5, London Victoria Green Line Station and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Reading to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Reading and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Amsterdam Centraal and Berlin Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 31m.
The distance between Reading and Dresden is 1049 km.
The best way to get from Reading to Dresden without a car is to train which takes 15h 31m and costs €260 - €650.
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Reading to Dresden, including transfers.
Reading to Dresden bus services, operated by RailAir, depart from Reading RailAir station.
Reading to Dresden train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Reading station.
The best way to get from Reading to Dresden is to train which takes 15h 31m and costs €260 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €210 and takes 24h 10m.
What companies run services between Reading, England and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Reading to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Amsterdam Centraal, and Berlin Hbf in around 15h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Reading RailAir to Dresden central station via Heathrow Terminal 5, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria Green Line Station, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 24h 10m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dresden Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–420
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- European Sleeper
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- European Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €136
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €136
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- RailAir
Bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–35
- Website
- RailAir
Bus from Reading RailAir to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–35
- Website
- RailAir
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Reading to Dresden bus services, operated by RailAir, arrive at Heathrow Terminal 5 station.
Dresden is 1h ahead of Reading. It is currently 5:59 AM in Reading and 6:59 AM in Dresden.
Reading to Dresden train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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