Cheapest€17.78
- VMT VM851906:144h 34m10:48Dresden Bayrische StrasseFernbusbahnhof Kassel
Door to door 5h 18mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Dresden to Kassel bus
Buses from Dresden to Kassel start at €19.43 and take 5h 18m at their fastest.
The Buses from Dresden to Kassel starts at €19.43 and takes 5h 18m door to door, run by 1 operator over 341 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 18mDoor to door
- 4h 34mMoving
- €19.43From
- 9.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 VMT | €17.78 | 5h 16m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Kassel. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Kassel
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Dresden to Kassel
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €20.5390 days
- €17.2360 days
- €17.7845 days
- €18.8830 days
- €18.8821 days
- €26.0314 days
- €32.637 days
- €46.933 days
- €43.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €46.93, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €28.78Sun
- €21.08Mon
- €23.83Tue
- €26.03Wed
- €28.78Thu
- €25.48Fri
- €30.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dresden
Bus
- Dresden Bayrische Strasse
- Radeberg, Bahnhof
Kassel
Bus
- Fernbusbahnhof Kassel
- Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 341 km against 297 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Erfurt, Leipzig, Gera, Jena. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Dresden at 06:14 and the last at 06:14, across 1 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 | 3h 15m | 2h 31m | 44m | €42.14 | 11.3 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 5h 18m | 4h 34m | 44m | €19.43 | 9.2 kg | 1 |
Questions about Dresden to Kassel
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Dresden to Kassel take?
The Coach from Dresden to Kassel takes 5h 18m door to door, of which 4h 34m is spent moving. The route runs 341 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 Dresden to Kassel cost?
The Coach from Dresden to Kassel starts at €19.43 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €17.78. 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 Dresden to Kassel?
1 operators run the Coach from Dresden to Kassel: VMT. Between them they file around 1 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 Dresden to Kassel use?
The Coach from Dresden to Kassel leaves from Dresden Bayrische Strasse and arrives at Fernbusbahnhof Kassel. 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 Dresden to Kassel?
Traveling from Dresden to Kassel by Train costs €42.14 and takes 3h 15m door to door, against 5h 18m 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 Dresden to Kassel?
Fares for the Coach from Dresden to Kassel bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Dresden to Kassel produce?
The Coach from Dresden to Kassel produces about 9.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 341 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Dresden to Kassel?
Operators on the Coach from Dresden to Kassel publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 18m 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 modeled 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 Dresden to Kassel on September 9, 2026: 341 km of route against 297 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.43, and 5h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kassel is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Kassel
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Kassel, with free cancellation on most of it.
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