The Dresden Park Railway

Explore the extensive Grand Garden on a comfortable round trip

Come and see the most beautiful spots of the 147-hectare Grand Garden and embark on a six-kilometer round tour taking about 30 minutes. The Dresden 381-mm-gauge Park Railway is ideally suited to explore the landscape design in the English and Baroque styles.

Through the park at full steam

The distinctive noise of the locomotive can be heard and clouds of smoke rise: That’s the Dresden Park Railway. Young and old enjoy the miniature train from Maundy Thursday till the end of October.

Here you can find the Conditions of Transport of the Dresden Park Railway.

Contact

The Grand Garden of Dresden and the Dresden Park Railway

Kavaliershaus C, Hauptallee 10 | 01219 Dresden

Property of State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony, non profit

grosser.garten@schloesserland-sachsen.de

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The Dresden Zoo has been embedded in the southwest of the Grand Garden since as early as 1861. Young and old friends of animals have had a chance to watch almost 300 animal species all year round since then.

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The Dresden Botanical Garden

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