There are 9 ways to get from Riga to Lucerne by plane, train, bus, 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 Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain
6h 8mCHF 117–286Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus
- 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 Luzerntrain Ec / ...
28h 28mCHF 264–798Train
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Vilniustrain 12
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luzerntrain Ir / ...
33h 26mCHF 218–440Drive 1,973.8 km
- Drive from Riga to Lucernecar 1,973.8 km
20h 14mCHF 320–462Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Basel (BSL)plane RIX - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luzerntrain
8h 53mCHF 119–301Bus, 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 Luzerntrain Ir / ...
33h 11mBus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus N1230
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Lucerne Landenbergstrassebus : Milan Lampugnano Bus Station - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
33h 40mCHF 141–227Bus, 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 Luzerntrain Ec / ...
33h 49mCHF 165–373Drive, car train
- Drive from Riga to Lüneburgcar
- Take the car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lucernecar
26h 52mCHF 295–408
Riga to Lucerne by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Lucerne is to bus which costs SFr 140 - SFr 230 and takes 33h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Lucerne is to fly and train which takes 6h 8m and costs SFr 110 - SFr 290.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Lucerne Landenbergstrasse via Munich Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Riga to Lucerne. However, there are services departing from Riga-Pasazieru and arriving at Luzern via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Krakow Glowny, Wien Hbf and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 26m.
The distance between Riga and Lucerne is 1557 km. The road distance is 1973.8 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Lucerne without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 28h 28m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 800.
It takes approximately 6h 8m to get from Riga to Lucerne, including transfers.
Riga to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Riga, Bus Station.
Riga to Lucerne train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Riga-Pasazieru station.
The best way to get from Riga to Lucerne is to train which takes 33h 26m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 140 - SFr 230 and takes 33h 40m.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Lucerne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Riga-Pasazieru to Luzern via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Kraków Główny, Krakow Glowny, Wien Hbf, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 33h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Riga, Bus Station to Lucerne Landenbergstrasse via Munich Central Bus Station in around 33h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–440
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–350
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–160
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–320
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Luzern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- 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
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–170
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- CHF 95–140
- 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 Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 13–70
- 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 Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Lucerne Landenbergstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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 110–230
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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More Questions & Answers
Riga to Lucerne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Lucerne is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 9:07 PM in Riga and 8:07 PM in Lucerne.
Riga to Lucerne train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Vilnius station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Lucerne is 1974 km. It takes approximately 20h 14m to drive from Riga to Lucerne.
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