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

Zurich to Dresden by train

How to take the new overnight direct train from Zurich to Dresden

A Nightjet train now provides the only direct rail link between Zurich and Dresden

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How to take the train from Zurich to Dresden

Travel Information

This train is typically scheduled to depart from Zurich HB at 19:59 and arrive in Dresden hbf, the main station in the city, at 07:05D

Final Destination: Praha

This train also calls at: Dresden-Neustadt and it also calls in [Leipzig Hbf](/train-travel-info/countries/germany/cities/leipzig/rail-stations/leipzig-hbf/, but it is due to arrive there at around 04:45.

1 x train per night

Tickets

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: 6 months ahead of the travel date

The train conveys:

  • Compartment Seats (Sitzwagen)
  • Couchettes (Liegewagen); 4 berths AND 6 berthsm
  • Standard sleeping cars (Schlafwagen) with 3 bed, 2 bed and 1 cabins
  • Deluxe sleeping cars with showers (Schlafwagen) with 3 bed, 2 bed and 1 cabins

The first price you will see on the OBB ticketing site will be for the compartment seats.

Click the train details below for more info including the rail pass reservation fees:

Rail pass users must reserve before boarding these trains,

You can now book rail pass reservations without paying booking fees on the OBB website (OBB operates these trains).Though the process for doing so isn't particularly obvious, hence this step-by-step guide.

Making the rail pass reservation online a minimum of a couple of weeks ahead of the travel date, is particularly recommended if you will be traveling between June and September.
If you wait until arriving in Zurich to reserve, your first choice of accommodation may have sold out.

Also if you have a rail pass and book the reservation at a Swiss station you will have to pay a comparatively expensive booking fe

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
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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.

Two types of ticket have recently been made available;

  1. Cheaper 'Young' tickets which can only be booked by those aged 15-26 on the travel date.
  2. Flexi Plus tickets, which are now the most expensive type of ticket, but they're the only type of 2nd class tickets which DO include a seat reservation.

On this journey

Journey Features

Night

Good to Know

On departure from Zurich this train heading to Praha will be joined to another train heading to Berlin, so if you see a train heading to Berlin at 19:59 (the typical departure time) on the departure screens, the info will also apply to this train.

This train also conveys seated accommodation which is in effect a EuroCity train that is attached to this train.
When booking tickets if you want to sit in a seat(s) choose the EC options.

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