There are 11 ways to get from Wels to Riga by train, plane, bus, or car
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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
7h 2mFly from Linz Airport
cheapest- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LNZ - RIX
8h 27m$160–550Train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Warszawa Wschodniatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
24h 18mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj
- Take the bus from Hradec Králové to Rīgabus 848104
29h 8mDrive 1,472.1 km
- Drive from Wels to Rigacar 1,472.1 km
15h 32m$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
8h 38mTrain 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
8hTrain 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
10h 16mTrain 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
11h 33mBus
- Take the bus from Wels to Munich central bus stationbus 951
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1230
31h 35mTrain, bus via Kraków
- Take the train from Wels Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhoftrain Ice / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Kraków, Dworzec Autobusowy MDAbus
- Take the bus from Kraków to Rīgabus
35h 7m
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Riga International Airport (RIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wels to Riga is to fly which costs $160 - $550 and takes 8h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Wels to Riga is to fly which takes 8h 27m and costs $160 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Wels to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Wels and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Wels to Riga. However, there are services departing from Wels Hbf and arriving at Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Linz Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 18m.
The distance between Wels and Riga is 1334 km. The road distance is 1472.1 km.
The best way to get from Wels to Riga without a car is to train which takes 24h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 2m to get from Wels to Riga, including transfers.
Wels to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, depart from Wels station.
Wels to Riga train services, operated by Čd, depart from Linz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Wels to Riga is to train which takes 24h 18m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $160 - $550 and takes 8h 27m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 31h 35m.
What companies run services between Wels, Austria and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Wels Hbf to Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Linz Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia, and Vilnius in around 24h 18m. Alternatively, DAT Danish Air Transport, Air Baltic, and three other airlines fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Riga International Airport (RIX) twice daily.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–220
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–470
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
Flights from Linz Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–220
Flights from Linz Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–220
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–350
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Riga International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–220
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- intercity.pl
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Website
- visimarsrutai.lt
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- visimarsrutai.lt
- Website
- litrail.lt
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- litrail.lt
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- westbahn.at
- Website
- mav-start.hu
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- mav-start.hu
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Hradec Králové to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Wels to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Kraków to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
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Wels to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Wels. It is currently 6:23 AM in Wels and 7:23 AM in Riga.
Wels to Riga train services, operated by Čd, arrive at Warszawa Wschodnia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Wels to Riga is 1472 km. It takes approximately 15h 32m to drive from Wels to Riga.
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