Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Central Station

Dresden's main station is south of the old town, on Wiener Platz. Direct trains from Berlin Hauptbahnhof take between an hour and three quarters and two hours. The S1 S-Bahn leaves from here towards Pirna and Bad Schandau, the gateway to Saxon Switzerland. You walk to the old town along the pedestrian Prager Straße in about 15 minutes.