There are 11 ways to get from Holyhead to Riga by ferry, plane, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, or car ferry
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Ferry to Dublin Airport, fly
best- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane DUB - RIX
9h 30m$93–325Train, bus via Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Stationbus
33h 10m$515–1,181Train
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.train
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodniatrain 113
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazierutrain 889
42h 57m$521–1,176Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Holyhead to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rigacar
29h 54m$618–867Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MAN - RIX
8h 18m$138–331Train to Liverpool, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to Chestertrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LPL - RIX
10h 51m$134–369Train, train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to Chestertrain
- Take the train from Chester to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LBA - RIX
10h 51m$156–491Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane STN - RIX
9h 44m$224–500Train, bus
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
40h 56m$316–616Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Holyhead to Shottontrain
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Stationbus
2d 2h$284–477Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Holyhead to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Rigacar
31h 2m$474–770
Holyhead to Riga by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Holyhead to Riga is to ferry and fly which costs $90 - $330 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Holyhead to Riga is to train and fly which takes 8h 18m and costs $130 - $340.
No, there is no direct train from Holyhead to Riga. However, there are services departing from Holyhead and arriving at Riga-Pasazieru via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid, Praha Hlavni Nadrazi, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 57m.
The distance between Holyhead and Riga is 2068 km.
The best way to get from Holyhead to Riga without a car is to train and bus via Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) which takes 33h 10m and costs $500 - $1,200.
It takes approximately 9h 30m to get from Holyhead to Riga, including transfers.
Holyhead to Riga train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Holyhead station.
Riga is 2h ahead of Holyhead. It is currently 8:40 PM in Holyhead and 10:40 PM in Riga.
Holyhead to Riga train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
There are 2195+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Holyhead, Wales and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Holyhead to Riga-Pasazieru via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Brussel-Zuid, Praha hl.n., Praha Hlavni Nadrazi, Warszawa Wschodnia, and Vilnius in around 42h 57m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Riga International Airport via Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–180
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–480
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–460
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Riga International Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Liverpool to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Brussel-Zuid to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–350
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $180–320
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–25
- 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
- Estimated price
- $157
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- $157
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Shotton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- 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/
- 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
- $60–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- 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
- $26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- 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
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–270
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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