There are 10 ways to get from Linz to Riga by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Riga International Airport (RIX)VIE - RIX
6h 50m$67–276Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien HbfRj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa CentralnaEc
- Take the bus from Warsaw to Riga
18h 55m$76–263Train, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni NadraziEc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīga848104
27h 54m$117–274Drive 1,440.5 km
- Drive from Linz to Riga1,440.5 km
15h 24m$271–392Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)PRG - RIX
9h 2m$92–349Train to Salzburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)SZG - RIX
6h 54m$123–522Train to Graz, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Fly from Graz (GRZ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)GRZ - RIX
12h 4m$178–559Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Freising
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Riga International Airport (RIX)MUC - RIX
8h 56m$154–309Train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien HbfRj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa ZachodniaEc
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kaunas144
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas215 / ...
24h 11mBus
- Take the bus from Linz central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc197
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station060 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Riga, Bus Station
28h 13m$102–228
Linz to Riga by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Riga is to bus which costs $100 - $230 and takes 28h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 50m and costs $65 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz station to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Linz central train station and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Dresden central station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Riga. However, there are services departing from Linz Hbf and arriving at Rīgas via Wien Hbf, Warszawa Zachodnia, Kaunas and Kaišiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 11m.
The distance between Linz and Riga is 1310 km. The road distance is 1440.5 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Riga without a car is to train and bus via Warsaw which takes 18h 55m and costs $75 - $270.
It takes approximately 6h 50m to get from Linz to Riga, including transfers.
Linz to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Linz central train station.
Linz to Riga train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Linz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Linz to Riga is to train which takes 24h 11m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $100 - $230 and takes 28h 13m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Linz Hbf to Rīgas via Wien Hbf, Warszawa Zachodnia, Kaunas, and Kaišiadorys in around 24h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Linz central train station to Riga, Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Dresden central station in around 28h 13m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $16–20
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $14–18
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $8–13
- 1st Class
- $13–17
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $47–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $38–42
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- $18–26
- First Class
- $30–45
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Linz Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–18
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $8–13
- 1st Class
- $14–18
- Business
- $15–16
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $14–20
- 1st Class
- $21–35
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Passau Hbf to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Warsaw to Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- 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
- $95–130
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Linz central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden central station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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Linz to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 1:45 AM in Linz and 2:45 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 1440 km. It takes approximately 15h 24m to drive from Linz to Riga.
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