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Travel Information from Prague to Dresden

Distance73 miles (117 km)
Available travel modesTrain or bus
Ticket price range$12 - $16
Cheapest modeBus • $12 (€11) • 1 h 29 min
Fastest modeBus • $12 (€11) • 1 h 29 min
Popular travel companiesFlixBus or Deutsche Bahn

Travel 73 miles (117 km) by train or bus between Prague and Dresden. The most popular travel companies which serve this route are FlixBus or Deutsche Bahn among others. Travelers can even take a direct bus or train from Prague to Dresden.

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from Prague to Dresden

How to get from Prague to Dresden by train, bus or flight.

Our recommendation

bus

The best way to travel from Prague to Dresden is by taking a bus because it’s the best combination of price and speed.

Regiojet(Prague -> Berlin)
10:30AM1h55
Praha, ÚAN Florenc
12:25PMDresden, Bayerische Strasse (Hbf)
$301One-way
0 transfers

Cheapest

Regiojet(Prague -> Berlin)
12:30PM1h55
Praha, ÚAN Florenc
02:25PMDresden, Bayerische Strasse (Hbf)
$261One-way
0 transfers

Fastest

FlixBusFlixBus
09:00PM1h50
Praha, ÚAN Florenc
10:50PMDresden, Bayrische Straße (Hauptbahnhof)
$351One-way
0 transfers

Other options

Deutsche BahnEC 174
10:28AM2h22
Prague hlavní nádraží
12:50PMDresden Hbf
$401One-way
0 transfers
České dráhyEC 174
10:28AM2h22
Prague hlavní nádraží
12:50PMDresden Hbf
$411One-way
0 transfers
Deutsche BahnEC 176
08:28AM2h22
Prague hlavní nádraží
10:50AMDresden Hbf
$401One-way
0 transfers
FlixBusFlixBus
10:30AM1h55
Praha, ÚAN Florenc
12:25PMDresden, Bayrische Straße (Hauptbahnhof)
$341One-way
0 transfers
FlixBusFlixBus
10:00AM1h55
Praha, ÚAN Florenc
11:55AMDresden, Bayrische Straße (Hauptbahnhof)
$341One-way
0 transfers
FlixBusFlixBus
09:30AM1h55
Praha, ÚAN Florenc
11:25AMDresden, Bayrische Straße (Hauptbahnhof)
$371One-way
0 transfers

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How to get from Prague to Dresden

The Best Way According to our Users

If you want to travel from Prague to Dresden there are several options available to you. For this route, however, 62,79% of our customers choose the bus as their preferred method of transportation. Nowadays, traveling by bus is a relaxing and entertaining experience. Most bus companies offer different on-board services; ranging from "welcome drinks" to free wi-fi or personal entertainment. For this reason, the bus is often chosen as the best way to get from Prague to Dresden. Bus companies normally offer comfortable journeys for reasonable prices, and if you choose to travel on a night bus you can even save the money of one night in a hotel. For that reason, the bus is most likely the cheapest way to get to your destination.

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FAQs: Travel from Prague to Dresden

Travel to Dresden easily. Whether you want fast, cheap or something entirely different, our travel experts have collected everything you need to know so you can find the best option from Prague to Dresden.

FAQs

You can get from Prague to Dresden 2 different ways: train or bus.

The cheapest way to go to Dresden from Prague is by taking a bus, which costs on average $12 (€11).

This is compared to other ways of getting from Prague to Dresden:

A bus is $3 (€3) less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Prague to Dresden costing on average $16 (€14).

The fastest way from Prague to Dresden is by bus with an average journey time of 1 h 29 min.

There are alternative travel options to Dresden that take longer:

Train takes 2 h 14 min on average.

You should expect to travel around 73 miles (117 km) between Prague and Dresden.

The average frequency per day from Prague to Dresden is:

  • Around 42 buses per day.
  • Around 7 trains per day.

However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your journey to Dresden from Prague 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 Prague to Dresden:

  • Most travelers board their bus from Prague, Central Train Station and arrive in Dresden, Bayrische Straße (Hauptbahnhof).
  • Most travelers who book a train ticket from Prague to Dresden depart from Prague hlavní nádraží to Dresden Hbf.

The following travel companies offer services from Prague to Dresden:

  • FlixBus or Ourbus can get you to Dresden by bus. You can find a good deal for bus tickets with Ourbus from Prague to Dresden for $12 (€11) on Omio.
  • Deutsche Bahn, European Sleeper, ÖBB Nightjet, ÖBB | Euro City (EC), Hungarian Railways (MÁV), Bahn DE or ÖBB | Railjet can get you to Dresden by train. You can find a good deal for train tickets with Hungarian Railways (MÁV) from Prague to Dresden for $7 (€6) on Omio.

Yes, there are direct services available from Prague to Dresden with the following travel companies:

  • Direct buses with FlixBus or Ourbus with 42 direct buses per day.
  • Direct trains with Deutsche Bahn, European Sleeper, ÖBB Nightjet, ÖBB | Euro City (EC), Hungarian Railways (MÁV), Bahn DE or ÖBB | Railjet with 4 direct trains per day.

Direct services tend to save you time and add more convenience in getting you to Dresden as you won't need to transfer at another stop in between, so it's worth paying attention to before booking your tickets to Dresden from Prague.

Your trip from Prague to Dresden doesn't have to end in Dresden. Many of our customers like to extend their vacation to explore other popular destinations like Berlin, Munich, Leipzig or Vienna. If you’d like to add Berlin, Munich, Leipzig or Vienna to your Prague to Dresden tour, check Omio for the best and cheapest ways to travel to any of these top destinations from Dresden today!
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