There are 9 ways to get from Zermatt to Dresden by train (Trenitalia), train, bus, night train, or plane
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Train via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Visp to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
13h€108–316Train
cheapest- Take the train from Visp to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 12N
14h 45m€103–291Train, bus
- Take the train from Visp to Spieztrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the bus from Interlaken Bahnhof West to Zürich HB Schweizerhofbus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dresden central stationbus N42
18h 22m€115–229Train, night train
- Take the train from Visp to Zürich HBtrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Dresden Hbfnighttrain En
16h 21m€247–396Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane ZRH - DRS
8h 22m€209–516Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane MXP - DRS
10h 40m€169–438Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Visp to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane ZRH - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
11h 39m€180–415Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane MXP - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain
12h 12m€105–287Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatztrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Take the train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane TRN - DRS
12h 31m€235–524
Zermatt to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zermatt to Dresden is to train and bus which costs €110 - €230 and takes 18h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Zermatt to Dresden is to train and fly which takes 8h 22m and costs €200 - €550.
No, there is no direct train from Zermatt to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Zermatt, Bahnhof and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Visp, Basel SBB and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h.
The distance between Zermatt and Dresden is 1050 km.
The best way to get from Zermatt to Dresden without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 13h and costs €100 - €320.
It takes approximately 13h to get from Zermatt to Dresden, including transfers.
Zermatt to Dresden train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Visp station.
Zermatt to Dresden train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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What companies run services between Zermatt, Switzerland and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Visp, Basel SBB, and Frankfurt in around 13h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–490
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Visp to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
Train from Visp to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–65
- 2nd Class
- €19–26
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Visp to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Visp to Spiez
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–240
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 642 442
- railcenter@mgbahn.ch
- Website
- matterhorngotthardbahn.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €22–26
- 1st Class Ticket
- €35–50
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://www.matterhorngotthardbahn.ch/en/
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €27–33
- 1st Class Ticket
- €45–60
- Phone
- +41 81 288 65 65
- info@glacierexpress.ch
- Website
- glacierexpress.ch
Train from Zermatt, Bahnhof to Brig Bahnhofplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- glacierexpress.ch
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Rho-Fiera Milano to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 44 552 0807
- contact@shuttler.ch
- Website
- shuttler.ch
Bus from Interlaken Bahnhof West to Zürich HB Schweizerhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://shuttler.ch/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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