There are 10 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
6h 39m$80–295Train, bus via Warsaw
cheapest- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1324 / ...
22h 20m$63–232Train, 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$101–191Drive 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 5m$124–359Train 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$152–438Train 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 52m$92–312Train 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 20m$208–570Train
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kaunastrain 144
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgastrain 889
25h 40m$84–233Train, bus #2
- 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 32m$117–172
Wels to Riga by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wels to Riga is to train and bus via Warsaw which costs $60 - $240 and takes 22h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Wels to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 39m and costs $75 - $300.
No, there is no direct train from Wels to Riga. However, there are services departing from Wels Hbf and arriving at Rīgas via Linz Hbf, Warszawa Zachodnia, Kaunas and Kaišiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 40m.
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 and bus via Warsaw which takes 22h 20m and costs $60 - $240.
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 10:49 PM in Wels and 11:49 PM in Riga.
Wels to Riga train services, operated by ÖBB Intercity, arrive at Warszawa Zachodnia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Wels to Riga is 1472 km. It takes approximately 15h 32m 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 Rīgas via Linz Hbf, Warszawa Zachodnia, Kaunas, and Kaišiadorys in around 25h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
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
- $140–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–250
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
- $70–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–430
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–220
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–250
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–140
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- 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
- $210–850
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wels Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- 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 Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- 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
- 54 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
- *
- $50–75
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $30–45
- 1st Class
- $35–50
- 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
- $22–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wels Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Ceske Budejovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- 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
- $22–35
- 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
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- 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
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $18–24
- Business
- $19–21
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- 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
- $70–90
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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