There are 9 ways to get from Riga to Basel by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Basel
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Basel (BSL)plane RIX - BSL
6h 59mCHF 92–216Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
25h 36mCHF 227–652Train
- Take the train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Vilniustrain 12
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bftrain 20 / ...
33h 4mCHF 290–635Drive 2,000.6 km
- Drive from Riga to Baselcar 2,000.6 km
18h 40mCHF 318–459Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
6h 34mCHF 107–296Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RIX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
8h 24mCHF 130–516Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
32h 16mCHF 135–271Bus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminalbus 399
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhofbus
33h 25mDrive, car train
- Drive from Riga to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
26h 51mCHF 276–1,020
Riga to Basel by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 90 - SFr 220 and takes 6h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Basel is to fly and train which takes 6h 34m and costs SFr 100 - SFr 300.
No, there is no direct train from Riga to Basel. However, there are services departing from Rīgas Centrālā stacija and arriving at Basel Bad Bf via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Krakow Glowny, S Ostbahnhof and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 4m.
The distance between Riga and Basel is 1536 km. The road distance is 2000.6 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Basel without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 25h 36m and costs SFr 220 - SFr 650.
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Riga to Basel, including transfers.
Riga to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Rīgas Centrālā stacija station.
The best way to get from Riga to Basel is to fly which takes 6h 59m and costs SFr 90 - SFr 220. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 290 - SFr 650 and takes 33h 4m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 33h 25m.
Basel is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 9:24 PM in Riga and 8:24 PM in Basel.
Riga to Basel train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Vilnius station.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and four other airlines fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Basel (BSL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Basel Bad Bf via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Kraków Główny, Krakow Glowny, S Ostbahnhof, and Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe in around 33h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–380
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–190
Flights from Riga International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–190
Flights from Riga International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–290
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Ostbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Berlin Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–200
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 340–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 550–750
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–200
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–60
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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