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 35m$72–288Train, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien HbfRjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to KatowiceEc
- Take the train from Katowice to Warszawa ZachodniaEip / ...
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Riga, Bus Station
21h 3m$172–371Train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien HbfRjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Warszawa WschodniaIc
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Kaunas144
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Riga-Pasazieru254
26h 3m$176–282Drive 1,440.5 km
- Drive from Linz to Riga1,440.5 km
15h 22m$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$92–281Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Riga International Airport (RIX)MUC - RIX
8h 26m$130–377Train 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 42m$141–417Train to Graz, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Fly from Graz (GRZ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)GRZ - RIX
12h 6m$228–635Bus via Kraków
- Take the bus from Linz to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Kraków, Dworzec Autobusowy MDA
- Take the bus from Krakow MDA Bus Station to Riga Bus Station
27h 45m$81–208Bus
- Take the bus from Linz central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc197
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīga848104
28h 20m$112–169
Linz to Riga by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Riga is to bus via Kraków which costs $80 - $210 and takes 27h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 35m and costs $70 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Linz to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Linz and arriving at Riga Bus Station via Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz and Krakow MDA Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Linz to Riga. However, there are services departing from Linz Hbf and arriving at Riga-Pasazieru via Wien Hauptbahnhof, Warszawa Wschodnia, Kaunas and Kaisiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 3m.
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 which takes 21h 3m and costs $170 - $380.
It takes approximately 6h 35m to get from Linz to Riga, including transfers.
Linz to Riga bus services, operated by Euro Bus MK, depart from Linz 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 26h 3m and costs $170 - $290. Alternatively, you can bus via Kraków, which costs $80 - $210 and takes 27h 45m.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Linz Hbf to Riga-Pasazieru via Wien Hbf, Wien Hauptbahnhof, Warszawa Wschodnia, Kaunas, and Kaisiadorys in around 26h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Linz to Riga Bus Station via Wien Hauptbahnhof, Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz, and Krakow MDA Bus Station in around 27h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–230
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–230
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–430
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, 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
- $90–340
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and 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
- $100–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Graz to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $35–60
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $35–55
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–75
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $26–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–50
- 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
- Hourly
- 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
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $16–21
Train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $9–14
- 1st Class
- $14–18
- 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 Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–85
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–80
- 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 Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- 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 Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–160
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- 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
- $47–53
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $38–43
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaisiadorys to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $19–27
- 1st Class
- $29–40
- Business
- $32–35
Train from Linz Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $14–19
- Business
- $15–16
- 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/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Krakow MDA Bus Station to Riga Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Linz central train station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Linz to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Kraków, Dworzec Autobusowy MDA
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- $90–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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Linz to Riga bus services, operated by Euro Bus MK, arrive at Wien Hauptbahnhof station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 11:36 AM in Linz and 12:36 PM 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 22m to drive from Linz to Riga.
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