There are 11 ways to get from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden by train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Paris Bercytrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Frankfurttrain 82
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
14h 23m€245–474Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
cheapest- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LYS - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
10h 53m€124–335Train, bus
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Perrachetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbftrain Rj
22h 26m€130–236Drive 1,172.3 km
- Drive from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresdencar 1,172.3 km
11h 6m€222–321Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LYS - DRS
9h 11m€219–574Train
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 12N
17h 57m€253–473Bus
- Take the bus from Clermont-Ferrand to Lyonbus 706 / ...
- Take the bus from Lyon to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central stationbus 060 / ...
23h 4m€126–191Fly Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane CFE - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 32m€157–807Fly Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane CFE - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
11h 59m€147–806Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane GVA - DRS
11h 19m€255–611Fly Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to Dresden Airport
- Fly from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane CFE - DRS
11h 17m€222–1,205
Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden is to bus which costs €120 - €200 and takes 23h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden is to fly and train which takes 8h 32m and costs €150 - €850.
No, there is no direct bus from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden station. However, there are services departing from Clermont-Ferrand and arriving at Dresden central station via Lyon and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Clermont Ferrand and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Paris Gare de Lyon and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 23m.
The distance between Clermont-Ferrand and Dresden is 1499 km. The road distance is 1172.3 km.
The best way to get from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden without a car is to train via Paris which takes 14h 23m and costs €240 - €480.
It takes approximately 14h 23m to get from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden, including transfers.
Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Clermont-Ferrand station.
Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Clermont Ferrand station.
The best way to get from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden is to train via Paris which takes 14h 23m and costs €240 - €480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €200 and takes 23h 4m, you could also fly, which costs €220 - €1200 and takes 11h 17m.
What companies run services between Clermont-Ferrand, France and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Clermont Ferrand to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Paris Bercy Bourgogne - Pays D'Auvergne, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Frankfurt in around 14h 23m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden central station via Lyon and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 23h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–550
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to Dresden Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,300
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to Dresden Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–1,200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–750
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to Dresden Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,300
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €24–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Paris Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €48
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- *
- €30–45
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Clermont-Ferrand to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lyon station.
Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Paris Bercy station.
Yes, the driving distance between Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden is 1172 km. It takes approximately 11h 6m to drive from Clermont-Ferrand to Dresden.
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