There are 9 ways to get from Zwickau 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 Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LEJ - RIX
8h 12m$189–534Train, train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovicetrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane PRG - RIX
10h 13m$111–269Train, bus
- Take the train from Zwickau-Poelbitz to Chemnitz Hbftrain Rb
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1230
23h 23m$140–214Train
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Kraków Głównytrain Drf
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Kaunastrain
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
28h 6mDrive 1,372.8 km
- Drive from Zwickau to Rigacar 1,372.8 km
13h 45m$248–357Train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane DRS - RIX
10h 39m$239–529Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane BER - RIX
7h 47m$129–366Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Moosburgtrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MUC - RIX
10h 24m$181–520Train, bus via Magdeburg
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain S5x / ...
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Magdeburg Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Rīgabus
25h 37m$147–361
Zwickau to Riga by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zwickau to Riga is to train and bus which costs $140 - $220 and takes 23h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Zwickau to Riga is to train and fly which takes 7h 47m and costs $120 - $370.
No, there is no direct train from Zwickau to Riga. However, there are services departing from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf and arriving at Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Kraków Główny, Kaunas and Kaišiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 6m.
The distance between Zwickau and Riga is 1090 km. The road distance is 1372.8 km.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Riga without a car is to train and bus which takes 23h 23m and costs $140 - $220.
It takes approximately 8h 12m to get from Zwickau to Riga, including transfers.
Zwickau to Riga train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, depart from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Zwickau. It is currently 5:01 AM in Zwickau and 6:01 AM in Riga.
Zwickau to Riga train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, arrive at Dresden Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zwickau to Riga is 1373 km. It takes approximately 13h 45m to drive from Zwickau to Riga.
What companies run services between Zwickau, Germany and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Dresden Hauptbahnhof, Kraków Główny, Kaunas, and Kaišiadorys in around 28h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Dresden Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Dresden Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $50–170
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hof Hbf to Moosburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau-Poelbitz to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kraków Główny to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Dresden Hbf to Praha-Holesovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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