Erfurt to Dresden runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:49 and the last around 14:07. One passenger pays between €11.18 and €32.59, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 6m over 190 km, on services run by 4 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€11.18 to €32.59
- 104%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Erfurt
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:49First departure
- 14:07Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Erfurt to Dresden on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €20.53Mon14
- about €19.98Tue15
- about €20.53Wed16
- about €18.33Thu17
- about €18.88Fri18
- about €18.33Sat19
- about €18.88Sun20
- about €13.93Mon21
- about €13.38Tue22
- about €12.83Wed23
- about €17.78Thu24
- about €14.48Fri25
- about €16.68Sat26
- about €14.48Sun27
- about €11.18Mon28
- about €11.18Tue29
- about €11.73Wed30
- about €13.93Thu1
- about €13.38Fri2
- about €12.83Sat3
- about €12.28Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Dresden. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dresden for the night the train gets in
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When to book Erfurt to Dresden
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.4890 days
- €12.8360 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0830 days
- €12.2821 days
- €14.4814 days
- €18.887 days
- €20.533 days
- €20.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 104 percent. The dearest point is €20.53, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Erfurt to Dresden and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
190 km
189 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
218,793 → 564,904
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
1/5
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 190 km against 189 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Chemnitz, Leipzig, Gera, Zwickau. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from DRS into Dresden is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Dresden
Settled in advance, so the ride into Dresden costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Dresden Hauptbahnhof
Most of the points near Dresden Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Erfurt 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 it take to get from Erfurt to Dresden?
The fastest journey from Erfurt to Dresden takes 2h 6m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 9m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Erfurt to Dresden?
The cheapest fare from Erfurt to Dresden is €11.18, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €21.08. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Erfurt to Dresden?
The cheapest way from Erfurt to Dresden is by coach, at €12.83 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 24m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Erfurt to Dresden?
The fastest way from Erfurt to Dresden is by train, at 2h 11m door to door. Only 1h 27m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €25.09.
When should I book Erfurt to Dresden?
Fares from Erfurt to Dresden bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €10.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 104 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Erfurt to Dresden?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Erfurt to Dresden, at €12.83. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Erfurt to Dresden?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Erfurt to Dresden, at €10.63 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Erfurt to Dresden?
4 operators sell services from Erfurt to Dresden across 3 modes: Corendon Airlines, DB Fernverkehr, VBB, VMT. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Erfurt to Dresden?
64 percent of the services we sell from Erfurt to Dresden are direct. The rest connect at Chemnitz, Leipzig, Gera, Zwickau, with about 81 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Erfurt to Dresden produce?
Travelling from Erfurt to Dresden by coach produces about 5.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 48.0 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Erfurt to Dresden use?
Services from Erfurt to Dresden by train leave from Erfurt Hbf and arrive at Dresden Hauptbahnhof. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Erfurt to Dresden?
3 of the 4 operators we sell from Erfurt to Dresden allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Erfurt to Dresden on 13 September 2026: 190 km of route against 189 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 2h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Dresden a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Dresden and across Germany
Day trips that leave Dresden in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Erfurt reaches 94 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 3,372 km. Dresden reaches 133 places in 20 countries, from 45 to 3,543 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Erfurt
- 94Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 20Operators
Arriving in Dresden
Leaving Dresden
- 133Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 34Operators