There are 10 ways to get from Riga to Trieste by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or night train
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Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane RIX - TRS
8h 47m€104–284Train
- Take the train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Kaišiadorystrain 12
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Mockavatrain 31
- Take the train from Mockava to Krakow Glownytrain Ic
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Graz Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Centraletrain Rjx
29h 5m€276–578Bus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Krakow, MDA Bus Stationbus N1207 / ...
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Triestebus N917 / ...
32h 30m€140–248Drive 1,753 km
- Drive from Riga to Triestecar 1,753 km
18h 10m€275–397Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane RIX - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
6h 18m€127–550Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane RIX - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
9h 6m€216–600Fly to Klagenfurt Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)plane RIX - KLU
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
10h 47m€299–843Fly to Vienna International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane RIX - VIE
- Take a shuttle bus from Wien Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
9h 30m€114–1,263Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rīga to Hradec Královébus
- Take the train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Klagenfurt Hbftrain Rj
- Take the bus from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranjbus
- Take the bus from Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj to Trieste Centralebus
33h 16m€234–669Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the night train from Muenchen Ost to Udinenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Udine to Trieste Centraletrain Re
37h 32m€164–339
Riga to Trieste by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Trieste is to fly which costs €100 - €290 and takes 8h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Trieste is to fly and shuttle which takes 6h 18m and costs €120 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Trieste via Krakow, MDA Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Riga to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Rīgas Centrālā stacija and arriving at Trieste Centrale via Kaišiadorys, Mockava, Krakow Glowny and Graz Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 5m.
The distance between Riga and Trieste is 1473 km. The road distance is 1753 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Trieste without a car is to train which takes 29h 5m and costs €270 - €600.
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Riga to Trieste, including transfers.
Riga to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Riga, Bus Station.
Riga to Trieste train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Rīgas Centrālā stacija station.
The best way to get from Riga to Trieste is to fly which takes 8h 47m and costs €100 - €290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €270 - €600 and takes 29h 5m, you could also bus, which costs €140 - €250 and takes 32h 30m.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Trieste, Italy?
Air Baltic, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Trieste Centrale via Kaišiadorys, Mockava, Krakow Glowny, and Graz Hbf in around 29h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Riga International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Riga International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Riga International Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Riga International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Riga International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Riga International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
Flights from Riga International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Riga International Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €130–450
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Riga International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Riga International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Ljubljana via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Kaišiadorys
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaišiadorys to Mockava
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Mockava to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Graz Hbf to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €55–90
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €17–26
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Klagenfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €96–100
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Udine to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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 Krakow, MDA Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–270
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31
- Private
- €138
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €150–390
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–400
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Wien Hbf to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €39–800
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €39
- Private
- €274
Bus from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €98
Bus from Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €30
- Private
- €125
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Hradec Králové
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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More Questions & Answers
Riga to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
Trieste is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 5:43 PM in Riga and 4:43 PM in Trieste.
Riga to Trieste train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Kaišiadorys station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Trieste is 1753 km. It takes approximately 18h 10m to drive from Riga to Trieste.
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