There are 9 ways to get from Ulm to Dessau by train, car, or plane
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Train via Donauwörth
best- Take the train from Ulm Hbf to Donauwoerthtrain Rb / ...
- Take the train from Donauwörth to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 18 / ...
6h€100–147Train via Stuttgart
cheapest- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Plochingentrain Re5
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Halletrain
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain S8
8h 29m€41–124Drive 471.6 km
- Drive from Ulm to Dessaucar 471.6 km
4h 38m€66–95Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane STR - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbftrain
7h 38m€210–294Train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 11
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain S2 / ...
6h 21m€66–156Train to Frankfurt, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane FRA - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbftrain
5h 38m€125–306Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane STR - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbftrain
6h 5m€105–284Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane MUC - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbftrain
6h 44m€115–288Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane MUC - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain
7h 3m€169–409
Ulm to Dessau by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Dessau is to train via Stuttgart which costs €40 - €130 and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Dessau is to drive which takes 4h 38m and costs €65 - €95.
No, there is no direct train from Ulm to Dessau. However, there are services departing from Ulm Hbf and arriving at Dessau Hbf via Donauwörth, Halle(Saale)Hbf and Bitterfeld. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h.
The distance between Ulm and Dessau is 507 km. The road distance is 471.6 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Dessau without a car is to train via Donauwörth which takes 6h and costs €100 - €150.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Ulm to Dessau, including transfers.
Ulm to Dessau train services, operated by agilis, depart from Ulm Hbf station.
Ulm to Dessau train services, operated by agilis, arrive at Donauwoerth station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Dessau is 472 km. It takes approximately 4h 38m to drive from Ulm to Dessau.
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What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Dessau, Germany?
You can take a train from Ulm Hbf to Dessau Hbf via Donauwörth, Halle(Saale)Hbf, and Bitterfeld in around 6h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–95
Flights from Munich International Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Ulm Hbf to Donauwoerth
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Donauwörth to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- 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 Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- 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 Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Plochingen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Plochingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- €17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Plochingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Halle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–70
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €45–80
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–40
- 1st Class
- €50–65
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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