There are 9 ways to get from Linz to Riga by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane VIE - RIX
6h 18m$115–388Train
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Wschodniatrain Ec
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazierutrain 889
22h 46m$231–442Bus
- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile to Wroclaw, Bus Stationbus 1308
- Take the bus from Wroclaw, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1230
25h 5m$135–222Drive 1,441.2 km
- Drive from Linz to Rigacar 1,441.2 km
15h 19m$272–392Fly from Linz Airport
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LNZ - RIX
7h 20m$156–506Train to Salzburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane SZG - RIX
7h 46m$160–528Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane PRG - RIX
8h 41m$122–339Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MUC - RIX
8h 18m$159–537Train, bus
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ec
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīgabus 848104
27h 53m$151–328
Linz to Riga by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Riga is to bus which costs $130 - $230 and takes 25h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 18m and costs $110 - $390.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Linz Industriezeile and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Wroclaw, Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Riga. However, there are services departing from Linz/Donau Hbf and arriving at Riga-Pasazieru via Wien Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 46m.
The distance between Linz and Riga is 1310 km. The road distance is 1441.2 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Riga without a car is to train which takes 22h 46m and costs $230 - $450.
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Linz to Riga, including transfers.
Linz to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Linz Industriezeile station.
Linz to Riga train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Linz/Donau Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Riga is to train which takes 22h 46m and costs $230 - $450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $230 and takes 25h 5m, you could also fly, which costs $150 - $550 and takes 7h 20m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Riga-Pasazieru via Wien Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia, and Vilnius in around 22h 46m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Linz Industriezeile to Riga, Bus Station via Wroclaw, Bus Station in around 25h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–600
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Riga International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- $35–60
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- $35–55
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- $26–40
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- *
- $50–75
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- *
- $45–70
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- *
- $50–75
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–300
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–18
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–80
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–180
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Linz Industriezeile to Wroclaw, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Wroclaw, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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More Questions & Answers
Linz to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Wroclaw, Bus Station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 6:50 AM in Linz and 7:50 AM in Riga.
Linz to Riga train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Riga is 1441 km. It takes approximately 15h 19m to drive from Linz to Riga.
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