There are 10 ways to get from Dresden to Caen by train (TGV), bus, train, car, plane, or train (Eurostar)
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Train via Offenburg
best- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Erfurt Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Caentrain
12h 51m€264–766Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Rouenbus N1306
- Take the train from Rouen Rive Droite to Caentrain Ter
20h 32m€129–221Drive 1,213.5 km
- Drive from Dresden to Caencar 1,213.5 km
10h 52m€188–272Fly Dresden Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane DRS - CDG
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Caentrain
8h 55m€226–468Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Caentrain
14h 31m€329–885Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane BER - CDG
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Caentrain
8h 25m€148–425Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane PRG - CDG
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Caentrain
9h 11mTrain to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane BER - ORY
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Caentrain
8h 25m€170–462Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane PRG - ORY
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Caentrain
9h 6mBus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane PRG - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillotbus
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Caentrain
10h 6m
Dresden to Caen by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Caen is to bus and train which costs €120 - €230 and takes 20h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Caen is to train and fly which takes 8h 25m and costs €170 - €470.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to Caen. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Caen via Erfurt Hbf, Offenburg, Magenta and Paris St Lazare. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 51m.
The distance between Dresden and Caen is 1405 km. The road distance is 1213.5 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to Caen without a car is to train via Offenburg which takes 12h 51m and costs €260 - €800.
It takes approximately 12h 51m to get from Dresden to Caen, including transfers.
Dresden to Caen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
Dresden to Caen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to Caen is 1214 km. It takes approximately 10h 52m to drive from Dresden to Caen.
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What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Caen, France?
You can take a train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Caen via Erfurt Hbf, Offenburg Bahnhof, Offenburg, Paris Est, Magenta, Haussmann Saint-Lazare, and Paris St Lazare in around 12h 51m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Dresden Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–450
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Paris Orly Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris St Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rouen Rive Droite to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris St Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris St Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris St Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris St Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris St Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris St Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris St Lazare to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden central station to Rouen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- [email protected].
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillot
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
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