There are 11 ways to get from Chester to Riga by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MAN - RIX
6h 28m$76–263Train, bus via Cologne
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Stationbus
33h 13m$480–960Train, bus
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Siauliai, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Šiauliai to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain 889
37h 57m$418–722Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Chester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rigacar
28h 23mFly from Liverpool
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LPL - RIX
8h 14m$110–302Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Chester to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LBA - RIX
8h 14m$91–344Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Crewe to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane BHX - RIX
9h 19m$122–318Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane STN - RIX
8h$159–425Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
42h 47m$247–646Bus
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Stationbus
43h 55m$190–383Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Chester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Rigacar
29h 35m$446–729
Chester to Riga by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chester to Riga is to train and fly which costs $75 - $270 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Chester to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 28m and costs $75 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Chester to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Chester Bus Interchange and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 55m.
The distance between Chester and Riga is 1792 km.
The best way to get from Chester to Riga without a car is to train and bus via Cologne which takes 33h 13m and costs $480 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Chester to Riga, including transfers.
Chester to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chester Bus Interchange station.
The best way to get from Chester to Riga is to fly which takes 8h 14m and costs $110 - $310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $190 - $390 and takes 43h 55m.
Chester to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Riga is 2h ahead of Chester. It is currently 3:59 AM in Chester and 5:59 AM in Riga.
What companies run services between Chester, England and Riga, Latvia?
Ryanair, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Riga International Airport (RIX) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Riga, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 43h 55m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–160
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–310
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–270
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Manchester Airport to Riga International Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $180–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Šiauliai to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Chester to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Siauliai, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–24
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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