There are 10 ways to get from Metz to Dresden by train (TGV), bus, car, train, or plane
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 Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Erfurt Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
9h 21m€151–621Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Metz to Dresden central stationbus N1306
10h 55m€60–100Drive 696.4 km
- Drive from Metz to Dresdencar 696.4 km
6h€107–155Train to Luxembourg, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LUX - DRS
7h 30m€98–357Train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain Ter
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurttrain Re3
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50 / ...
10h 17m€133–591Bus, train
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Nuremberg - Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hof Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain Re
11h 17m€117–196Train to Luxembourg, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LUX - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
7h 29m€119–380Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane FRA - DRS
7h 3m€192–508Train to Saarbrücken Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain
- Fly from Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane SCN - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
7h 30m€172–451Train to Luxembourg, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LUX - PRG
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbftrain
9h 2m€99–364
Metz to Dresden by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Dresden is to bus which costs €60 - €100 and takes 10h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Dresden is to drive which takes 6h and costs €100 - €160.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Metz and arriving at Dresden central station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 10h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Metz to Dresden. However, there are services departing from Metz Ville and arriving at Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Strasbourg and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 21m.
The distance between Metz and Dresden is 860 km. The road distance is 696.4 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Dresden without a car is to train via Erfurt which takes 9h 21m and costs €150 - €650.
It takes approximately 9h 21m to get from Metz to Dresden, including transfers.
Metz to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Metz station.
Metz to Dresden train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Metz Ville station.
The best way to get from Metz to Dresden is to train via Erfurt which takes 9h 21m and costs €150 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €100 and takes 10h 55m.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Dresden, Germany?
You can take a train from Metz Ville to Dresden Hauptbahnhof via Strasbourg and Erfurt Hbf in around 9h 21m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Metz to Dresden central station once daily. Tickets cost €60–100 and the journey takes 10h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Luxembourg to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–650
Flights from Luxembourg to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Luxembourg to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–480
Flights from Luxembourg to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Dresden Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Luxembourg to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Luxembourg to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Luxembourg to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Saarbrücken Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–250
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Luxembourg to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Luxembourg to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- [email protected]
- Website
- vlexx
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Schedules at
- vlexx
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Hof Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Metz to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Nuremberg - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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More Questions & Answers
Metz to Dresden bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dresden central station.
Metz to Dresden train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Dresden is 696 km. It takes approximately 6h to drive from Metz to Dresden.
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