There are 8 ways to get from Vienna to Riesa by bus, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Dresden Neustadt stationbus 060 / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain 55 / ...
7h 44m€47–102Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden-Neustadttrain Rj
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain 55 / ...
8h 25m€56–199Drive 480.4 km
- Drive from Vienna to Riesacar 480.4 km
5h 40m€78–112Fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane VIE - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain
7h 1m€135–460Bus, train via Prague
- Take the bus from Vienna Main train station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Dresden Bayrische Strassebus
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain 55 / ...
8h 38m€47–98Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane VIE - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain
5h 26m€119–395Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane VIE - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Elsterwerda, Bahnhoftrain
6h 17m€92–304Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane VIE - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhoftrain
7h 20m€102–319
Vienna to Riesa by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Riesa is to bus and train which costs €45 - €110 and takes 7h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Riesa is to fly and train which takes 5h 26m and costs €110 - €400.
No, there is no direct train from Vienna to Riesa. However, there are services departing from Wien Hbf and arriving at Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof via Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 25m.
The distance between Vienna and Riesa is 493 km. The road distance is 480.4 km.
The best way to get from Vienna to Riesa without a car is to bus and train which takes 7h 44m and costs €45 - €110.
It takes approximately 7h 44m to get from Vienna to Riesa, including transfers.
Vienna to Riesa train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Wien Hbf station.
Vienna to Riesa train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Vienna to Riesa is 480 km. It takes approximately 5h 40m to drive from Vienna to Riesa.
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What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Riesa, Germany?
You can take a train from Wien Hbf to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof via Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt in around 8h 25m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Dresden Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Elsterwerda, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Riesa Busbf/Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- *
- €55–85
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Dresden Neustadt station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Vienna Main train station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Dresden Bayrische Strasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- RegioJet
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