There are 8 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
7h 57m$181–389Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re3 / ...
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1230
23h 11m$76–146Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain Re3
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Warszawa Centralnatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Warszawa Centralna to Kaunasbus
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgastrain 889
24h 2m$157–198Drive 1,372.9 km
- Drive from Zwickau to Rigacar 1,372.9 km
13h 44m$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
9h 39m$286–551Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane PRG - RIX
8h 9m$87–251Train, 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 29m$121–308Train, bus via Magdeburg
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain S5x / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Magdeburg Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Rīgabus
25h 35m$85–226
Zwickau to Riga by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zwickau to Riga is to train and bus which costs $75 - $150 and takes 23h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Zwickau to Riga is to train and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs $120 - $310.
The distance between Zwickau and Riga is 1090 km. The road distance is 1372.9 km.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Riga without a car is to train and bus which takes 23h 11m and costs $75 - $150.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Zwickau to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 1h ahead of Zwickau. It is currently 5:16 AM in Zwickau and 6:16 AM in Riga.
Yes, the driving distance between Zwickau to Riga is 1373 km. It takes approximately 13h 44m to drive from Zwickau to Riga.
There are 1877+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Zwickau, Germany and Riga, Latvia?
There is no direct connection from Zwickau to Riga. However, you can take the train to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen, walk to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) airport, fly to Riga International Airport (RIX), walk to Rīgas lidosta, then take the line 22 bus to Uzvaras parks. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station via Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof and Chemnitz central bus station in around 23h 11m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Dresden Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Dresden Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–480
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Riga International Airport via Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $47
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $22–35
- 1st Class
- $29–40
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +370 612 88 984
- info@eurolines.lt
- Website
- eurolines.lt
Bus from Warszawa Centralna to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $41
- Website
- https://www.eurolines.lt/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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