Cheapest€30.04
- LTG Link LT926206:231h 58m08:21VilniusRiga Centrala
Door to door 2h 42mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Vilnius to Riga train
Trains from Vilnius to Riga start at €34.44 and take 2h 35m at their fastest.
The Trains from Vilnius to Riga starts at €34.44 and takes 2h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 261 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 35mDoor to door
- 1h 51mMoving
- €34.44From
- 8.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€41.59
- LTG Link LT316317:321h 51m19:23VilniusRiga Centrala
Door to door 2h 35mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LTG Link | €30.04 | 2h 34m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Riga Centrala. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Riga for the night the train gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Vilnius to Riga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.9590 days
- €25.0960 days
- €29.4945 days
- €28.3930 days
- €31.1421 days
- €37.7414 days
- €49.117 days
- €63.273 days
- €80.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 221 percent. The most expensive point is €80.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €41.59Sun
- €33.77Mon
- €35.54Tue
- €37.74Wed
- €47.09Thu
- €45.44Fri
- €42.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Vilnius
Rail
- Vilnius
- Vilnius train station
- Vilnius Cargo train station
Riga
Rail
- Riga Centrala
- Rīga Pasažieru
- Riga rail terminal
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 261 km against 261 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Jelgava, Dainava (Kaunas). The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Vilnius at 06:23 and the last at 17:32, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 35m | 1h 51m | 44m | €34.44 | 8.6 kg | 7 |
| Flight | 3h 57m | 47m | 3h 10m | €33.77 | 66.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Vilnius to Riga
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Vilnius to Riga take?
The Train from Vilnius to Riga takes 2h 35m door to door, of which 1h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 261 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Vilnius to Riga cost?
The Train from Vilnius to Riga starts at €34.44 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €43.24. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Vilnius to Riga?
1 operators run the Train from Vilnius to Riga: LTG Link. Between them they file around 7 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Vilnius to Riga use?
The Train from Vilnius to Riga leaves from Vilnius and arrives at Riga Centrala. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Vilnius to Riga?
Traveling from Vilnius to Riga by Flight costs €33.77 and takes 3h 57m door to door, against 2h 35m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Vilnius to Riga?
Fares for the Train from Vilnius to Riga bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.09. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 221 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Vilnius to Riga produce?
The Train from Vilnius to Riga produces about 8.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 261 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Vilnius to Riga?
Operators on the Train from Vilnius to Riga publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 35m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Vilnius to Riga on September 9, 2026: 261 km of route against 261 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €34.44, and 2h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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