There are 10 ways to get from Glasgow to Riga by plane, train, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Glasgow Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane GLA - RIX
7h 36m$86–217Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane EDI - RIX
6h 4m$76–290Train, bus via Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Stationbus
34h 5m$570–1,463Train, night train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbftrain Nj
- Take the night train from Salzburg Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnianighttrain En
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazierutrain 889
46h 13m$686–1,614Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rigacar
31h 33m$659–926Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane ABZ - RIX
8h 48m$209–487Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane NCL - RIX
9h 54m$136–497Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
41h 46m$356–714Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
42h 39m$309–620Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Stationbus
2d$276–498
Glasgow to Riga by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Riga is to fly which costs $85 - $220 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Riga is to bus and fly which takes 6h 4m and costs $75 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
No, there is no direct train from Glasgow to Riga. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Riga-Pasazieru via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Salzburg Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 13m.
The distance between Glasgow and Riga is 1762 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Riga without a car is to train and bus via Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) which takes 34h 5m and costs $550 - $1,500.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Glasgow to Riga, including transfers.
Glasgow to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow to Riga train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Riga is to fly which takes 7h 36m and costs $85 - $220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $270 - $500 and takes 2 days 0h.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Riga, Latvia?
KLM, Air Baltic, and two other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station via London Victoria and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 2d.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Newcastle to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Riga International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Newcastle to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Newcastle to Riga International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Riga International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Riga International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Riga International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–190
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Newcastle to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190–320
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190–320
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $190–320
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–270
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–270
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–270
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–360
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–25
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $158
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- $158
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–24
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–20
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- $10–20
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–260
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–260
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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Glasgow to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Riga is 2h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 8:21 PM in Glasgow and 10:21 PM in Riga.
Glasgow to Riga train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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