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4.6Travel Information to Dresden from Berlin
 Distance | 102 miles (165 km) |
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 Available travel modes | Train or bus |
 Ticket price range | $2 - $9 |
 Cheapest mode | Train • $2 (€2) • 1 h 30 min |
 Fastest mode | Train • $2 (€2) • 1 h 30 min |
 Popular travel companies | FlixBus or Deutsche Bahn |
Travel 102 miles (165 km) by train or bus between Berlin and Dresden. The most popular travel companies which serve this trip are FlixBus or Deutsche Bahn among others. Travelers can even take a direct bus or train from Berlin to Dresden.
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The best way to travel from Berlin to Dresden is by taking a bus because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
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General Information about the journey from Berlin to Dresden
Both bus and train routes provide frequent options for travel between Berlin and Dresden. Traveling by train is about half an hour faster than making the journey by bus. As the cities are less than 200 km apart there are no cost-effective ways of flying from one to the other.
Return journeys from Dresden to Berlin are also available.
Buses from Berlin to Dresden
Flixbus, Eurolines and Infobus offer direct routes between the two cities with journey times of approximately 2.5 hours. There are up to 4 departures an hour starting in the early hours of the morning and continuing until around 11:30 p.m. Services operate seven days a week. Departures leave from various points in Berlin city center including the main bus station, Berlin ZOB and Tegel Airport. Arrivals are at Dresden Hauptbahnhof on Bayerische Strasse. Taxis are available near all departure points.
Trains from Berlin to Dresden
Deutsche Bahn trains run from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof with direct trains departing every two hours from the early hours of the morning until around 9:00 p.m. Direct routes have a journey time of slightly less than 2 hours. There are one to two other departures an hour on routes that involve connections at Elsterwerda-Biehla, Leipzig, Cottbus or Senftenberg, with these journeys taking up to 3 hours. Berlin Hauptbahnhof is centrally located on Europlatz near the River Spree and enjoys good links to the city's extensive transport network of U and S-Bahn trains, trams and local buses. Night bus routes operate at weekends. Dresden station is located near the old city and connected to local bus routes and four tram lines. Taxi ranks and car rental desks are located at both stations.
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There are 2 travel options from Berlin to Dresden: train or bus.
The cheapest way to go to Dresden from Berlin is by taking a train, which costs on average $2 (€2).
This is compared to other ways of getting from Berlin to Dresden:
A train is $7 (€6) less than a bus with an average ticket price of $9 (€8) from Berlin to Dresden.
The fastest way from Berlin to Dresden is by train with an average journey time of 1 h 30 min.
There are alternative travel options to Dresden that take longer:
Taking a bus requires on average 2 h 5 min of travel time.
The distance is approximately 102 miles (165 km) from Berlin to Dresden.
The average frequency per day from Berlin to Dresden is:
- 51 buses per day.
- Around 9 trains per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your journey to Dresden from Berlin as scheduled services by train or bus can vary by season or day of the week.
These are the most popular departure and arrival points when traveling from Berlin to Dresden:
- Most travelers who purchase a bus ticket from Berlin to Dresden depart from Berlin, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof (ZOB) to Dresden, Bayrische Straße (Hauptbahnhof).
- Most travelers board their train from Berlin Hbf and arrive in Dresden Hbf.
The following travel companies offer services from Berlin to Dresden:
- FlixBus, BlaBlaCar Bus, BlaBlaCar or Infobus can take you to Dresden by bus. If searching for a good deal on buses, you can find tickets for FlixBus from Berlin to Dresden for $14 (€13).
- Travel with Deutsche Bahn, FlixTrain, European Sleeper, Österreichische Bundesbahnen, Bahn DE or ODEG to go to Dresden by train. For a good deal on tickets, you can find FlixTrain Berlin to Dresden tickets on Omio for $6 (€5).
Yes, there are direct routes from Berlin to Dresden with the following travel companies:
- You can find 51 direct buses per day to Dresden with FlixBus.
- You can find 6 direct trains per day to take to Dresden with Deutsche Bahn, FlixTrain, European Sleeper, Österreichische Bundesbahnen or Bahn DE.
Direct services to Dresden tend to save you time and add more convenience as you won't need to transfer at another stop in between, so it's worth paying attention to before booking tickets for your trip.
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