There are 12 ways to get from Scotland to Dresden by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane EDI - DRS
7h 21m€148–351Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
31h 35m€78–168Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
17h 23m€211–811Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Dresdencar
17h 13mFly Glasgow Airport to Dresden Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane GLA - DRS
7h 20m€173–396Fly Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane EDI - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 16m€79–256Fly Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane EDI - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 44m€98–240Fly Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GLA - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
8h 33m€103–235Fly Aberdeen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ABZ - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
10h 21m€119–261Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 51 / ...
18h 53m€195–806Bus via Berlin
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 595 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
32h 3m€98–305Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Dresdencar
18h 21m€307–445
Scotland to Dresden by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Dresden is to bus which costs €75 - €170 and takes 31h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 7h 16m and costs €75 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Dresden central station via Birmingham and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 23m.
The distance between Scotland and Dresden is 1274 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Dresden without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 17h 23m and costs €210 - €850.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Scotland to Dresden, including transfers.
Scotland to Dresden bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Dresden train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Dresden is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs €140 - €360. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs €210 - €850 and takes 17h 23m, you could also bus, which costs €75 - €170 and takes 31h 35m.
What companies run services between Scotland and Dresden, Germany?
Lufthansa and easyJet fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dresden Airport (DRS) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Glasgow Central to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 17h 23m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- €70–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- 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 Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- 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
- +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
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–28
- 1st Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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 Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- 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/
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- 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
- €6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- 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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Scotland to Dresden bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Dresden is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 7:34 PM in Scotland and 8:34 PM in Dresden.
Scotland to Dresden train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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