There are 10 ways to get from Southend-on-Sea to Riga by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to London City Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Southend Central to West Hamtrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LCY - RIX
7h 51m$238–679Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane STN - RIX
6h 54m$105–461Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Suedkreuztrain Ice
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22)bus
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
35h 39m$301–587Train, bus
- Take the train from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
38h 7m$208–472Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Southend-on-Sea to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rigacar
25h 20m$530–742Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southend Central to London Fenchurch Streettrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LGW - RIX
6h 53m$124–475Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southend Victoria to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LHR - RIX
8h 39m$188–383Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southend Victoria to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LTN - RIX
9h 11m$118–363Bus
- Take the bus from Coach Station to London Victoriabus 826 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Rotterdam Central Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
2d$174–362Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Southend-on-Sea to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Rigacar
26h 27m$409–692
Southend-on-Sea to Riga by train, subway, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Southend-on-Sea to Riga is to train and fly which costs $120 - $480 and takes 6h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Southend-on-Sea to Riga is to train and fly which takes 6h 53m and costs $120 - $480.
No, there is no direct bus from Southend-on-Sea station to Riga. However, there are services departing from Victoria Station Interchange and arriving at Rīgas SAO via Bus Station, Coach Station, London Victoria and Rotterdam Centraal. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Southend-on-Sea and Riga is 1722 km.
The best way to get from Southend-on-Sea to Riga without a car is to train and bus via Berlin which takes 35h 39m and costs $300 - $600.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Southend-on-Sea to Riga, including transfers.
Southend-on-Sea to Riga bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Coach Station.
Southend-on-Sea to Riga bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria station.
Riga is 2h ahead of Southend-on-Sea. It is currently 7:48 AM in Southend-on-Sea and 9:48 AM in Riga.
There are 2007+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Southend-on-Sea, England and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a bus from Victoria Station Interchange to Rīgas SAO via Bus Station, Coach Station, London Victoria, Rotterdam Central Station, and Rotterdam Centraal in around 2d.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from London City Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from London City Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from London City Airport to Riga International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riga International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Luton Airport to Riga International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
Flights from Luton Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Luton Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Luton Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London City Airport to Riga International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–360
Flights from Luton Airport to Riga International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
Flights from Luton Airport to Riga International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–280
- Phone
- +44 345 744 4422
- [email protected]
- Website
- c2c
Train from Southend Central to West Ham
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–24
- Website
- c2c
Train from Southend Central to London Fenchurch Street
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Website
- c2c
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Southend Victoria to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Southend Victoria to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–190
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $155
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $155
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–24
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22)
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- $120–270
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–270
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Coach Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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