There are 7 ways to get from Nitra to Riga by bus, plane, train, or car
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Bus, bus to Vienna International Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Nitra to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Vienna International Airportbus
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane VIE - RIX
6h 46m$62–240Train
- Take the train from Nitra to Trnavatrain Re
- Take the train from Trnava to Zilinatrain 617 / ...
- Take the train from Zilina to Bohumintrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ec
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain 889
23h 33m$79–269Bus
- Take the bus from Nitra to Banská Bystricabus
- Take the bus from Banská Bystrica to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus 876
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
24h 15m$117–216Drive 1,257.1 km
- Drive from Nitra to Rigacar 1,257.1 km
13h 37m$227–327Train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nove Zamky to Budapest-Nyugatitrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane BUD - RIX
8h 24m$81–258Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Nitra to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 606705
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīgabus 848104
30h 22m$145–227Train, bus
- Take the train from Nove Zamky to Katowicetrain Ec
- Take the bus from Katowice to Rīgabus
31h 42m$116–292
Nitra to Riga by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nitra to Riga is to bus and fly which costs $60 - $240 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Nitra to Riga is to bus and fly which takes 6h 46m and costs $60 - $240.
No, there is no direct bus from Nitra to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Nitra and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Banská Bystrica and Krakow, MDA Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Nitra to Riga. However, there are services departing from Nitra and arriving at Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Trnava, Zilina, Bohumin, Warszawa Zachodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 33m.
The distance between Nitra and Riga is 1259 km. The road distance is 1257.1 km.
The best way to get from Nitra to Riga without a car is to train which takes 23h 33m and costs $75 - $270.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Nitra to Riga, including transfers.
Nitra to Riga bus services, operated by Turancar, depart from Nitra station.
Nitra to Riga train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), depart from Nitra station.
The best way to get from Nitra to Riga is to train which takes 23h 33m and costs $75 - $270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $110 - $220 and takes 24h 15m.
What companies run services between Nitra, Slovakia and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Nitra to Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Trnava, Zilina, Bohumin, Warszawa Zachodnia, and Vilnius in around 23h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nitra to Riga, Bus Station via Banská Bystrica and Krakow, MDA Bus Station in around 24h 15m.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–310
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–270
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Riga International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Nitra to Trnava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Trnava to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Zilina to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–11
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Nove Zamky to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Trnava to Zilina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Zilina to Bohumin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–30
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Nove Zamky to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Nove Zamky to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–27
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–23
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Nove Zamky to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–28
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Bohumin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Nove Zamky to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +421 48 4144 216
- infolines@turancar.sk
- Website
- turancar.sk
Bus from Nitra to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Website
- https://www.turancar.sk/autobusove-linky/
Bus from Nitra to Banská Bystrica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- https://www.turancar.sk/autobusove-linky/
Bus from Nitra to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- https://www.turancar.sk/autobusove-linky/
- Phone
- +421 2 55 422 734
- staznosti@slovaklines.sk
- Website
- slovaklines.sk
Bus from Nitra to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Website
- https://www.slovaklines.sk/en/
Bus from Nitra to Banská Bystrica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.slovaklines.sk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nitra to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Banská Bystrica to Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- 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
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- $95–170
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Katowice to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 56m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–260
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
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Nitra to Riga bus services, operated by Turancar, arrive at Banská Bystrica station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Nitra. It is currently 12:29 AM in Nitra and 1:29 AM in Riga.
Nitra to Riga train services, operated by Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK), arrive at Trnava station.
Yes, the driving distance between Nitra to Riga is 1257 km. It takes approximately 13h 37m to drive from Nitra to Riga.
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