There are 11 ways to get from Riga to Jena by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane RIX - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
9h 1m€183–349Bus, train via Magdeburg
cheapest- Take the bus from Rīga to Magdeburgbus
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain Rb
23h 15m€68–156Bus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus N1324 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Jena bus stationbus 1389 / ...
21h 30m€80–194Train
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Kaisiadorystrain 182 / ...
- Take the train from Kaunas to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Berlin Hbftrain Eic
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain Rb
22h 19m€113–264Drive 1,360.4 km
- Drive from Riga to Jenacar 1,360.4 km
15h 21m€211–304Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane RIX - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradiestrain
7h 32m€102–293Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RIX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain
8h 39m€130–328Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane RIX - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Jena Westtrain
10h 55m€97–263Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane RIX - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena Westtrain
9h 7m€132–398Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane RIX - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Jena Westtrain
10h 59m€122–328Bus, train
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Chemnitz central bus stationbus N1230
- Take the train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Jena Westtrain Re1
25h 18m€124–173
Riga to Jena by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Jena is to bus which costs €80 - €200 and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Jena is to fly and train which takes 7h 32m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Jena station. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Jena bus station via Berlin Airport BER. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Riga to Jena. However, there are services departing from Riga-Pasazieru and arriving at Jena Paradies via Kaišiadorys, Kaunas, Warszawa Zachodnia, Berlin Hbf and Halle(Saale)Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 19m.
The distance between Riga and Jena is 1091 km. The road distance is 1360.4 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Jena without a car is to bus which takes 21h 30m and costs €80 - €200.
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Riga to Jena, including transfers.
Riga to Jena bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Riga, Bus Station.
Riga to Jena train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Riga-Pasazieru station.
The best way to get from Riga to Jena is to bus which takes 21h 30m and costs €80 - €200. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €110 - €270 and takes 22h 19m.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Jena, Germany?
You can take a bus from Riga, Bus Station to Jena bus station via Berlin Airport BER in around 21h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Riga-Pasazieru to Jena Paradies via Kaišiadorys, Kaunas, Warszawa Zachodnia, Berlin Hbf, and Halle(Saale)Hbf in around 22h 19m.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Riga International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Riga International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Riga International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
Flights from Riga International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Riga International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Riga International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Riga International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
Flights from Riga International Airport to Munich International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Riga International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Kaisiadorys
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaunas to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–29
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 69 9999 3640
- info@startgmbh.com
- Website
- startgmbh.com
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- startgmbh.com
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
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Jena bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Magdeburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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More Questions & Answers
Riga to Jena bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin Airport BER station.
Jena is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 4:20 PM in Riga and 3:20 PM in Jena.
Riga to Jena train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Kaisiadorys station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Jena is 1360 km. It takes approximately 15h 21m to drive from Riga to Jena.
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