There are 10 ways to get from Riga to Locarno by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane RIX - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 45mCHF 74–251Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain Ec
32h 6mCHF 269–586Drive 2,066.1 km
- Drive from Riga to Locarnocar 2,066.1 km
20h 23mCHF 344–497Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
7h 53mCHF 144–317Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane RIX - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
10h 14mCHF 104–333Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane RIX - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 44mCHF 77–302Bus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Chur train stationbus
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazionebus 171
36h 28mCHF 176–265Bus, train
- 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 Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Locarnotrain
36h 35mCHF 223–359Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Locarnotrain
37h 32mCHF 211–428Drive, car train
- Drive from Riga to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Locarnocar
28h 42mCHF 323–453
Riga to Locarno by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Locarno is to fly and train which costs SFr 70 - SFr 260 and takes 7h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Locarno is to fly and train which takes 7h 45m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 260.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Locarno, Debarcadero via Munich central bus station, Chur, Postautostation and Bellinzona, Stazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 28m.
The distance between Riga and Locarno is 1760 km. The road distance is 2066.1 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Locarno without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 32h 6m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Riga to Locarno, including transfers.
Riga to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Riga, Bus Station.
Riga to Locarno bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Locarno is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 2:25 PM in Riga and 1:25 PM in Locarno.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Locarno is 2066 km. It takes approximately 20h 23m to drive from Riga to Locarno.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Riga, Bus Station to Locarno, Debarcadero via Munich central bus station, Chur train station, Chur, Postautostation, and Bellinzona, Stazione in around 36h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–26
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–24
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Zürich HB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–85
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Basel SBB to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–210
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Chur train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- PostAuto AG
Bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–14
- Website
- PostAuto AG
- 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 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–65
- 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
- Grand Bus
Bus from Stuttgart to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–26
- Website
- Grand Bus
- 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 110–240
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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