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local transport in Dresden

Timetable

The trains run every day from 4.30 a.m. until midnight.
In the nights before saturdays or sundays is continuous traffic.

Usually the trains run every 5 minutes, but in some sections in the suburbia the train runs less often. During the rush hour the trains are leaving every 2 or 3 minutes in particular sections.

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disruptions

no disruptions right now

timetable changes

U2
from March 30 2018, 3:00, until March 02 2019, 1:00, there will be no train service between U Pirnaischer Platz and S+U Mitte. Passengers use trams or U1 + S-Bahn. Please note travel time extensions.

U3
 from August 20 2018, 3:00, until September 30 2018, 1:00, there will be no train service between U Technische Universität and U Wölfnitz. Passengers use replacement busses. Please note travel time extensions. Trains between U Wölfnitz and U Gorbitz only running every 5 minutes.

U1
from October 01, 1:00, onwards there will be no train service between U Liststraße and U Pirnaischer Platz. Passengers use S-Bahn between S+U Trachau and S+U Hauptbahnhof or replacement busses. Please note travel time extensions.

U1
from October 01, 1:00, onwards there will be no train service between U Technische Universität and U Südhöhe. Passengers use replacement busses.

U1/U2
from October 01, 1:00, onwards trains of U2 continue from U Pirnaischer Platz to U Technische Universität in cause of U1-replacement

U2
from October 01, 1:00, until December 09, 1:00, trains of U2 in direction U Prohlis do not stop in U Straßburger Platz in cause of installation of a lift. Passengers continue to U Fetscherplatz and take the train in the opposite direction.

Facts

The Stations

There are 61 stations in Dresden and the surrounding cities which have a more functional design of which 53 are located in the tunnel

The Trains

The trains got a rough maximum capacity of 300 persons. There are signs which inform about the time, next stops and train connections.

The history

The metro system of Dresden is over 80 years old; opened back in 1926. The oldest stations have a unique design from long past times.

The Interchange

In the city of Dresden there are 10 stations to change between the different lines of the U-Bahn or to change between U-Bahn and S-Bahn

The U-Bahn Lines of Dresden:

The four lines of the Dresden U-Bahn operate as follows

Coswig Zentrum/Börse – Coswig, Breite Straße – Radebeul, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Straße – Radebeul, Johannisbergstraße – Radebeul-Kötzschenbroda (S) – Radebeul, Dürerstraße – Radebeul, Weißes Roß – Radebeul, Wasastraße – Radebeul, Hauptstraße – Radebeul, Kiefernstraße – Trachau (S) – Kopernikusstraße – Hubertusplatz – Trachenberger Platz – Liststraße – Bischofsweg (S) – Albertplatz – Carolaplatz – Pirnaischer Platz (U2, U11) – Prager Straße – Hauptbahnhof (S, Fernbahn) – Reichenbachstraße – Technische Universität [Bergstraße] (U3) – Räcknitzhöhe – Südhöhe

Pirnaischer Platz (U1, U2) – Sachsenallee – Pfotenhauerstraße – Johannstadt

Mitte (S, Fernbahn) – Postplatz – Pirnaischer Platz (U1, U11) – Straßburger Platz – Fetscherplatz – Spenerstraße – Pohlandplatz (U3) – Altenberger Straße – Hepkestraße – Marienberger Straße – Salzburger Straße – Dobritz (S) – Boxberger Straße – Elsterwerdaer Straße – Prohlis

Gorbitz – Neu-Omsewitz – Merianplatz – Wölfnitz – Malterstraße – Tharandter Straße – Chemnitzer Straße – Nürnberger Platz – Technische Universität [Zellescher Weg] (U1) – Zellescher Weg – Caspar-David-Friedrich-Straße – Strehlen (S) – Tiergartenstraße – Zwinglistraße – Schlüterstraße – Pohlandplatz (U2) – Kyffhäuserstraße – Schillerplatz – Körnerplatz (Bergbahnen)

We're building the future

The U2 will be extended to

Friedrichstraße

In March 2019 the new station "Friedrichstraße" opens. Once the extension is opend the trains of the U2 run from the former terminus S+U Mitte to new station Friedrichstraße. This extension actually was planned and partially built in the 1930s but never finished until now. During a one-year-closure of the U2 between U Pirnaischer Platz and U Mitte since March 2018 new tracks will be laid and the stations upgraded barrier-free.

opening date: March 02 2019

new branch for U2 decided

The city council decided to extend the U2 to Dresden-Plauen in the cause of traffic jam in the southern areas of Dresden. The works will start in 2019 after the opening of the Friedrichstraße-Extension. The opening of this new branch is scheduled for 2025. Because of the branching a new line U4 is introduced to operate between U Postplatz and U Friedrichstraße.

The stations are: Postplatz (junction) -- Freiberger Straße (S)-- Schweizer Straße -- Chemnitzer Straße (U3) -- Würzburger Straße -- Altplauen (S)

Copyright Marc Wilka; background picture of Dresden by KevKo's Fotography