The main street entrance to Dresden Hbf looking down from gleis 17

Hamburg to Dresden by train

How to take the rail journey from Hamburg to Dresden

Dresden is located along the main rail route from northern Germany to Czechia and beyond into Slovakia and Hungary; which is why you'll be riding a Czech or Hungarian train when making this journey.

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From Hamburg Hbf to Dresden Hbf

Travel Information

These trains commence their journeys at Hamburg-Altona station and call at Hamburg-Dammtor before they arrive at Hamburg Hbf.

So it can be a good idea to look up the starting point of your journey and then book tickets from the most convenient station; only Hamburg Hbf has connections with the U-Bahn (subway).

Final Destination: Prag (German spelling) or Budapest

4  x trains per day

Tickets

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings usually open: 6 months ahead of the travel date

On the DB Bahn booking site look for journeys that have:

  • 0 in the Chg. column
  • EC (and only EC) in the Products column.

Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day; so you may need to look through the day's departures to find the cheapest fares

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
DB from €17.90

DB Guide

DB is the national railway operator in Germany, so its website can be used for booking journeys by German express trains; the ICE and IC trains and it doesn't charge booking fees.
It also sells tickets for journeys by direct trains on all international routes from Germany regardless of whether DB is operating the train service.

It also sells an extensive range of end-to-end journeys which involve making connections both within Germany and in neighboring countries, but journeys between Germany and Britain cannot be booked on DB.

A key feature of DB website worth keeping mind is that it offers 1st class ticket purchasers complimentary seat reservations on journeys both within and to/from Germany.

Seat reservations for daytime in both 1st and 2nd class can also be booked separately from tickets.

Trainline from €17.90

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