There are 10 ways to get from Riga to Lausanne by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RIX - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
6h 30mCHF 143–376Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane RIX - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Lausannetrain
11h 20mCHF 141–427Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz train stationbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
30h 41mCHF 295–1,053Train
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Vilniustrain 12
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Głównytrain
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lausannetrain Ic5 / ...
35h 25mCHF 276–675Drive 2,139.1 km
- Drive from Riga to Lausannecar 2,139.1 km
21h 4mCHF 351–507Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
7h 57mCHF 171–461Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Basel (BSL)plane RIX - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
10h 6mCHF 142–482Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
35h 5mCHF 194–536Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminalbus 399
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
36h 7mCHF 209–438Drive, car train
- Drive from Riga to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lausannecar
28h 4mCHF 315–429
Riga to Lausanne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Lausanne is to fly and train which costs SFr 140 - SFr 380 and takes 6h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Lausanne is to fly and train which takes 6h 30m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 380.
No, there is no direct train from Riga to Lausanne. However, there are services departing from Riga-Pasazieru and arriving at Lausanne via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Krakow Glowny, Wien Hbf and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 25m.
The distance between Riga and Lausanne is 1783 km. The road distance is 2139.1 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Lausanne without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 30h 41m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 1100.
It takes approximately 6h 30m to get from Riga to Lausanne, including transfers.
Riga to Lausanne train services, operated by LTG Link, depart from Riga-Pasazieru station.
Lausanne is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 6:22 AM in Riga and 5:22 AM in Lausanne.
Riga to Lausanne train services, operated by LTG Link, arrive at Vilnius station.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Lausanne is 2139 km. It takes approximately 21h 4m to drive from Riga to Lausanne.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Lausanne, Switzerland?
You can take a train from Riga-Pasazieru to Lausanne via Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis, Kraków Główny, Krakow Glowny, Wien Hbf, Zuerich Hb, and Zürich HB in around 35h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–350
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–390
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–360
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–310
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–290
Flights from Riga International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–390
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–340
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–320
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–290
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–330
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–100
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–21
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Kraków Główny
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–230
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–110
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Südkreuz train station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–160
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–65
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- [email protected]
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–32
- Website
- Grand Bus
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