There are 9 ways to get from Wels to Riga by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane VIE - RIX
6h 39m$80–306Train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Warszawa Centralnatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Trakiszkitrain Ic
- Take the train from Trakiszki to Kaisiadorystrain
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Riga-Pasazierutrain 889
24h 15m$131–344Train, bus
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1227
26h 18m$107–222Drive 1,472.2 km
- Drive from Wels to Rigacar 1,472.2 km
15h 33m$277–400Train to Salzburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane SZG - RIX
6h 5m$144–376Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MUC - RIX
7h 43m$158–452Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane PRG - RIX
9h 49m$97–323Train to Graz Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane GRZ - RIX
12h 53m$257–646Train, bus via Prague
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Ceske Budejovicetrain Ec
- Take the train from Ceske Budejovice to Praha-Zahradni Mestotrain 702 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīgabus
31h 29m$118–187
Wels to Riga by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wels to Riga is to train and bus which costs $100 - $230 and takes 26h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Wels to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 5m and costs $140 - $380.
No, there is no direct train from Wels to Riga. However, there are services departing from Wels Hbf and arriving at Riga-Pasazieru via Linz Hbf, Warszawa Centralna, Trakiszki and Kaisiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 15m.
The distance between Wels and Riga is 1334 km. The road distance is 1472.2 km.
The best way to get from Wels to Riga without a car is to train which takes 24h 15m and costs $130 - $350.
It takes approximately 6h 39m to get from Wels to Riga, including transfers.
Wels to Riga train services, operated by ÖBB Intercity, depart from Linz Hbf station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Wels. It is currently 6:43 AM in Wels and 7:43 AM in Riga.
Wels to Riga train services, operated by ÖBB Intercity, arrive at Warszawa Centralna station.
Yes, the driving distance between Wels to Riga is 1472 km. It takes approximately 15h 33m to drive from Wels to Riga.
What companies run services between Wels, Austria and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Wels Hbf to Riga-Pasazieru via Linz Hbf, Warszawa Centralna, Trakiszki, and Kaisiadorys in around 24h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–190
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–430
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $40–65
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $23–35
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–80
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $30–45
- 1st Class
- $35–50
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Trakiszki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $66
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Trakiszki to Kaisiadorys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaisiadorys to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Ceske Budejovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Ceske Budejovice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Ceske Budejovice to Praha-Zahradni Mesto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $11–17
- 1st Class
- $18–24
- Business
- $20–21
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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