Cheapest€10.07
- NVBW NV159210:021h 47m11:49Leipzig Hauptbahnhof OstseiteDresden Bayrische Strasse
Door to door 2h 31mCO2 3.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Leipzig to Dresden bus
Buses from Leipzig to Dresden start at €10.07 and take 2h 20m at their fastest.
The Buses from Leipzig to Dresden starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 20m door to door, run by 6 operators over 116 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 2h 20mDoor to door
- 1h 36mMoving
- €10.07From
- 3.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 16 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
The journey ends at Dresden Hauptbahnhof. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Dresden for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Leipzig to Dresden
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.077 days
- €12.283 days
- €15.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 49 percent. The dearest point is €15.03, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.08Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.07Wed
- €10.63Thu
- €10.08Fri
- €10.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Leipzig
Coach
- Leipzig Hauptbahnhof Ostseite
- Lindenau, Bushof
Dresden
Coach
- Dresden Bayrische Strasse
- Radeberg, Bahnhof
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 116 km against 101 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Leipzig at 06:15 and the last at 18:31, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 36m | 52m | 44m | €14.64 | 3.8 kg | 28 |
| Coach | 2h 20m | 1h 36m | 44m | €10.07 | 3.1 kg | 24 |
Questions about Leipzig to Dresden
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden take?
The Coach from Leipzig to Dresden takes 2h 20m door to door, of which 1h 36m is spent moving. The route runs 116 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden cost?
The Coach from Leipzig to Dresden starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on 16 September 2026. A typical fare is €11.18. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden?
6 operators run the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, FlixBus, NVBW, VBB. Between them they file around 24 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden use?
The Coach from Leipzig to Dresden leaves from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof Ostseite and arrives at Dresden Bayrische Strasse. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Leipzig to Dresden?
Travelling from Leipzig to Dresden by Train costs €14.64 and takes 1h 36m door to door, against 2h 20m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden?
Fares for the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 49 percent, measured on 16 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden produce?
The Coach from Leipzig to Dresden produces about 3.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 116 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden?
Operators on the Coach from Leipzig to Dresden publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 6 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 20m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Leipzig to Dresden on 9 September 2026: 116 km of route against 101 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 6 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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