Fly Cologne Bonn → DresdenFastest
Door to door via CGN and DRS airports
››3h 37m
Cologne to Dresden
12 ways to get from Cologne to Dresden by fly, drive, train, bus.
FastestFly · 3h 37m
Lowest priceBus · ≈ 19 USD
Distance732 km
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Outbound: Cologne → Dresden 2026-10-29
Fly Düsseldorf → Dresden
Door to door via DUS and DRS airports
››4h 06m
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Drive 572 kmBest
Via A 4, A 45, A 5
5h 51m
Train Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof → Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
ICE 515 › S8 › ICE 1559 · DB Fernverkehr AG, DB Regio AG S-Bahn Rhein-Main · Köln Hbf → Dresden Altmarkt
6h 11m
Departs11:19from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, local time
Train Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof → Dresden Hauptbahnhof
ICE 515 › S8 › ICE 1559 · DB Fernverkehr AG, DB Regio AG S-Bahn Rhein-Main · Köln Hbf → Dresden Prager Straße
6h 14m
Departs11:19from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, local time
Train Frankfurt (Main) Südbahnhof → Leipzig Hbf
ICE 13 › RB58 (24327) › ICE 690 · DB Fernverkehr AG, Hessische Landesbahn GmbH · Köln Hbf → Dresden Postplatz
6h 40m
Departs12:08from Frankfurt (Main) Südbahnhof, local time
Train Köln Hbf → Braunschweig
ICE 857 › IC 2441 › 11 · DB Fernverkehr AG, DVB-Straßenbahn · Köln Hbf → Dresden Postplatz
7h 48m
Departs09:23from Köln Hbf, local time
Train Köln Hbf → Magdeburg Hbf
ICE 557 › IC 2049 › 11 · DB Fernverkehr AG, DVB-Straßenbahn · Köln Hbf → Dresden Postplatz
8h 27m
Departs10:44from Köln Hbf, local time
Bus Essen central train station (Freiheit) → Dresden central station (Bayrische Straße)
SB25 › RE5 › FlixBus N261 · wupsi GmbH, National Express · Köln Heumarkt → Dresden Pirnaischer Platz
11h 53m
Departs12:55from Essen central train station (Freiheit), local time
Bus Würzburg Main Station → Dresden central station (Bayrische Straße)
SB40 › 423 › FlixBus X68 · Bergisch Gladbach, FlixBus-eu · Köln Breslauer Platz/Hbf → Dresden Pirnaischer Platz
13h 35m
Departs21:15from Würzburg Main Station, local time
Bus Leverkusen (Mitte station) → Würzburg Main Station
SB25 › FlixBus N161 › FlixBus N1222 · wupsi GmbH, FlixBus-eu · Köln Heumarkt → Dresden Pirnaischer Platz
13h 44m
Departs15:10from Leverkusen (Mitte station), local time
Bus Leverkusen (Mitte station) → Nuremberg central bus station (Willy-Brandt-Platz)Cheapest
SB25 › FlixBus 084 › M-1230N · wupsi GmbH, FlixBus-eu · Köln Heumarkt → Dresden Pirnaischer Platz
14h 20m
Departs09:55from Leverkusen (Mitte station), local time
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