There are 8 ways to get from Dresden to Leuven by train, bus, car, plane, or train (Eurostar)
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 Erfurt
best- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain 79
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvaintrain Ic / ...
8h 36m€147–351Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Brussels-North train stationbus 1304
13h 27m€71–104Drive 746.3 km
- Drive from Dresden to Leuvencar 746.3 km
6h 37m€119–171Fly from Dresden Airport
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane DRS - BRU
5h 58m€135–387Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 55
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bftrain 79
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvaintrain Ic / ...
9h 46m€87–353Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Bonn Hbfbus
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Verviers-Centraltrain Nj
- Take the train from Verviers-Central to Louvaintrain Ic / ...
22h 30m€164–195Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane BER - BRU
5h 35m€119–320Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovicetrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane PRG - BRU
7h 31m€100–267
Dresden to Leuven by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Leuven is to bus which costs €70 - €110 and takes 13h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Leuven is to train and fly which takes 5h 35m and costs €110 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Dresden station to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Dresden central station and arriving at Leuven Wijnpers via Brussel Noord opstaphalte. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to Leuven. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Louvain via Leipzig Hbf, Erfurt Hbf, Frankfurt and Liège-Guillemins. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 36m.
The distance between Dresden and Leuven is 858 km. The road distance is 746.3 km.
The best way to get from Dresden to Leuven without a car is to train via Erfurt which takes 8h 36m and costs €140 - €360.
It takes approximately 8h 36m to get from Dresden to Leuven, including transfers.
Dresden to Leuven bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dresden central station.
Dresden to Leuven train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Dresden to Leuven is to train via Erfurt which takes 8h 36m and costs €140 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €110 and takes 13h 27m, you could also fly, which costs €130 - €390 and takes 5h 58m.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Leuven, Belgium?
You can take a train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Louvain via Leipzig Hbf, Erfurt Hbf, Frankfurt, and Liège-Guillemins in around 8h 36m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Dresden central station to Brussels-North train station 5 times a week. Tickets cost €65–110 and the journey takes 12h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–440
Flights from Dresden Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–31
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bonn Hbf to Verviers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Verviers-Central to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Liège, Guillemins Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- Danish Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dresden to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €125–135
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Dresden to Leuven bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Dresden to Leuven train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dresden to Leuven is 746 km. It takes approximately 6h 37m to drive from Dresden to Leuven.
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