The tram network in Prague is the largest tram network in the Czech Republic. The length of all tracks exceeds 141 km, the length of routes is 548 km. Since September 1, 2012, 31 lines have been operating in Prague, of which: 21 daytime transport lines, 9 lines night transport and 1 historic tram route. Daily routes are numbered from 1 to 26, while routes 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 36 have been eliminated. Night routes 51 to 59. Nostalgic route number 91.
The tram network carries about 350 million passengers a year. To this end, Prague uses 7 tram depots for the main passenger transport, serving a total of 980 cars: Vozovna Motol - 118 cars, Vozovna Hloubětín - 127 cars, Vozovna Žižkov - 128 cars, Vozovna Kobylisy and Vozovna Strašnice - 142 cars in each Pankrác - 150 wagons, Vozovna Vokovice - 173 wagons. There is also another depot - Vozovna Střešovice. It is used for museum pieces and service carriages. This depot is served by the nostalgic route 91. The Prague electric tram uses 600 volt direct current.
All trams, like any other public transport, run strictly on schedule. The schedule of each route is indicated at its stop. In this case, all stops are indicated from the starting point to the final one. The stop at this place of departure is in a different font. Next to each subsequent station, the time is indicated, in how many minutes the tram will be at a particular stop. Tram timetable on weekdays and weekends may vary. For example, the schedule table may contain traffic columns by days of the week: Monday - Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday; or, for example: Monday - Saturday, Sunday. Minutes of departure are indicated opposite each hour. Where a disabled person's icon is indicated next to the minutes, it means that the tram is suitable for transporting disabled people, the footboard of the tram is low and has no steps; the tram can be taken by wheelchair directly from the platform, there is also a place in the tram for the installation and fastening of a wheelchair with a passenger. Not all trams have the ability to transport disabled people, but those that have such an opportunity run quite often. If the timetable is yellow on the stand, it means that the timetable is temporary. Some stops have an electronic scoreboard that shows how many minutes are left until the arrival of a particular tram number.
The day tram starts operating at 04.30, gradually replacing night trams on the route. Finishes its work at 0.00 hours. The interval of movement during working hours in the morning and in the evening is on average 8 minutes, in the afternoon 10 minutes. On weekends and holidays on various routes from 7.5 to 15 minutes. Since September 1, 2012 it has 21 lines. Previously there were a little more Since that time, significant changes have been made to the tram network aimed at optimizing urban transport. Lines 3, 9, 11, 17 and 22 are the main tram routes. Sometimes on the diagrams they are highlighted in boldface.
Day tram routes
| № | End stations | Note |
| 1 | Petřiny - Spojovací | |
| 2 | Petřiny - Podbaba | |
| 3 | Levského - Kobylisy | |
| 4 | Kotlařka - Kubánské náměstí | On weekdays, the driving time is reduced to 20:00. |
| 5 | Divoká Šárka - Černokostelecká | |
| 6 | Sídliště Barrandov - Smíchovské nádraží - Spořilov | On weekdays, the driving time is reduced to 20:00. The main section Smíchovské nádraží - Spořilov, but in the morning and evening on weekdays, the route from the station Smíchovské nádraží is extended to Sídliště Barrandov. |
| 7 | Radlická - Ústřední dílny DP | On weekends, as well as in the evenings, trams run through one to Ústřední dílny DP station. Every second tram does not reach only one stop, the final point at such trams is Černokostelecká. |
| 8 | Podbaba - Starý Hloubětín | |
| 9 | Sídliště Řepy - Spojovací | |
| 10 | Sídliště Řepy - Sídliště Ďáblice | |
| 11 | Spořilov - Olšanské hřbitovy | |
| 12 | Sídliště Barrandov - Palmovka | |
| 13 | Sídliště Barrandov - Smíchovské nádraží | Worked only on weekdays during peak hours. Canceled on 27.11.2009. |
| 14 | Sídliště Barrandov - Ortenovo náměstí | |
| 15 | Špejchar - Vysočanská | Canceled from 1st September 2012. |
| 16 | Kotlařka - Sídliště Řepy - Lehovec | On weekdays in the morning and evening, the route from Sídliště Řepy is extended to Kotlařka. |
| 17 | Levského - Vozovna Kobylysy | The intervals between Výstaviště and Vozovna Kobylysy stations are twice as long as on the Levského - Výstaviště segment, since this part is less congested. |
| 18 | Petřiny - Vozovna Pankrác | |
| 19 | Lehovec - Nádraží Strašnice | Canceled from 1st September 2012. |
| 20 | Divoká Šárka - Sídliště Barrandov | |
| 21 | Národní třída - Nádraží Braník | Canceled from 1st September 2012. |
| 22 | Bílá Hora - Nádraží Hostivař | |
| 23 | Kubánské náměstí - Malovanka | Canceled in 2007. |
| 24 | Kubánské náměstí - Ortenovo náměstí | |
| 25 | Lehovec - Vypich | |
| 26 | Divoká Šárka - Nádraží Hostivař | |
| 36 | Divoká Šárka - Špejchar | Canceled from 1st September 2012. |
The night tram runs from 0.30 to 04.30 hours. Such trams leave the depot gradually, from 20.00 to 22.30. They start their work on the routes as day trams, gradually replacing those that leave for the depot. Newly departed trams work up to 0.00 hours in conjunction with those carriages that serve daytime routes, called midnight trams in Prague. At approximately 0.00 hours, arriving at the terminal station, the tram driver changes the route number. Thus, the tram on final stop from a day route "turns" into a night one. The car, which left for service of night routes, goes back to the depot at 5.00 - 6.00 in the morning.
At night, the city is served by nine lines, numbers from 51 to 59. Despite the fact that the number of lines is much less than the daytime ones, the night lines are longer, covering almost any part of the city. Night routes do not repeat the day routes. Only two routes overlap with the daily lines. The movement interval of each number is exactly 30 minutes. The interval cannot be called long, since some stations have more than one route and, thus, the interval between trams at a station can be reduced to 8-17 minutes.
In the city center, at the Lazarska station (Czech. Lazarská), all night tram routes come together, so here you can change trains and get anywhere in Prague even at night. Also, there are several other transfer points where several routes intersect. In the timetable, night tram lines are marked with a dark color.
Night tram routes
| № | End stations | Note |
| 51 | Divoká Šárka - Nádraží Strašnice | |
| 52 | Lehovec - Sídliště Modřany | |
| 53 | Sídliště Ďáblice - Vozovna Pankrác | |
| 54 | Lehovec - Sídliště Barrandov | |
| 55 | Vozovna Kobylisy - Ústřední dílny DP | |
| 56 | Petřiny - Spořilov | |
| 57 | Bílá Hora - Nádraží Hostivař | |
| 58 | Spojovací - Sídliště Řepy | |
| 59 | Sídliště Řepy - Nádraží Hostivař |
In addition to daily routes 1 - 26, trams with numbers 27 - 50 may run from time to time during the day. Trams with such numbers are temporary routes. They are introduced at the time of repair work. For example, at one time a tram with number 36 ran through the city. This route was necessary in connection with the construction of an automobile tunnel not far from the Sparta stadium. Route 36 was a continuation of the interrupted route 26 due to construction work.
Nostalgic (historical) tram
During the warmer months, a historic tram runs in Prague. It is also called nostalgic. This is a special old tram. Several double-carriages of the museum tram run around the city. Route 91, terminus Vozovna Střešovice - Výstaviště. The fare is slightly higher than other modes of transport. A special ticket is issued here. There are no transfers, the ticket is valid only to the nearest terminal station. The museum tram is served by a special depot - Vozovna Střešovice. In total, the depot has 77 wagons of the historic tram. The museum tram runs only on weekends from 12:00 to 18:00 with a 1 hour interval from April to October.
A bit of history
The first tram in Prague was launched on 23 September 1875. It was a horse-drawn railroad, popularly called "horse tram". The route of the first horse tram was “Karlin - National Theater” (Czech Karlín - Národní divadlo). The road was gradually extended and by 1883 the entire network reached 19.43 kilometers.
In 1891, the first electric tram went to Prague. The first electric tram line ran on Letnaya (Czech Letná). This was the merit of the engineer František Křižík (Czech František Křižík). On March 19, 1896, thanks to him, another line was opened, which ran from the present Florenc district to the Liben (Czech Libeň) and Vysočany (Czech Vysočany) areas. The next year, a new line appears, already in the area of \u200b\u200bPrague. The route was Smíchov - Košíře (Czech: Smíchov - Košíře) and this line was called the Glavachkova electric road. In 1898, another route was opened, with a length of 5.8 km. Prague - Vinohrady (Czech Královské Vinohrady), was named after the terminal station - Královské Vinohrady. Gradually, it became possible to transport residents of the suburbs of Prague. In 1898, the show jumping bought the city's electrical enterprise and gradually began reconstruction to transfer the lines to electric traction, which ended in 1905. Thus, the company was formed, which is now called the Passenger Company of the Capital of Prague JSC. The last electrified route was completed at the Charles Bridge. He worked there until 1908.
        Tatra tram cars in various modifications. Almost all have doors with access to both sides |
Now the entire tram fleet in Prague is mainly made up of Tatra carriages in various modifications. Not so long ago
Using trams in Prague is as convenient and easy as using the subway! Trams in Prague run strictly on schedule, they are not late, which cannot be said, for example, about transport in Italy.
Punctuality public transport especially important if you are traveling without a car. For example, when we were heading to the Prague railway station to go to Vienna, we did not plan any extra time, because we knew that we would get there by tram or metro on time, as planned.
When we were in Verona, and got on the May holidays, in one of which we had to go to Munich, we left 1.5-2 hours before the departure of our train. When we stood at the bus stop for about 10 minutes, an initiative Italian woman approached us and explained that they would not have a festival today and there would be no transport at all. I took her to the timetable and showed the bus routes that go on the days of the “festivals”, and she waved her hand at him and said: “Nooooo, è l“ Italia ”(Nooo, it's Italy!). That's how friends, everything is learned compared.
Trams are such an unofficial symbol of Prague, it seems to me! By tram tracks The whole city is literally permeated, and the trams themselves are also very interesting and different!
There are older models
And there are these very modern trams
The cool thing is that there are day and night tram routes in Prague! Daily tram routes in Prague run from 1 to 26 and run from 4.30 to 24.00. Night tram routes (from 51 to 59) run from 00.00 just before the appearance of day trams, that is, until 4.30.
It is very convenient! You can take a walk in the beautiful evening or night Prague, and then return home by tram.
And there is a separate tourist tram route No. 91 - a unique opportunity to ride the legendary old tram! Its history begins in 1920, it was then that it was built and first put on the rails. This tram worked properly until 1944, when an accident occurred. After, it was repaired, and it worked until 1992, until wear and tear came.
Now tourists ride on the restored tram with great pleasure, it will take you around the city past Prague Castle, Lesser Towns and Wenceslas Squares, Royal Gardens, National Theater, Republic Square. It seems to me that it is with such a sightseeing easy walk that you can start your acquaintance with the city, and then go to the sights that interested most of all.
We used most often one of the most common routes - tram number 22, which runs both in the Prague-2 district where we lived, and in the center of Prague.
Public transport in Prague includes metro, trams, buses, the funicular to Petřín Hill and river ferries. The public transport system allows you to quickly and comfortably get to different places in the Czech capital. A single ticket is valid for all types of transport in Prague - you buy and use with transfers any type of transport within a certain time.
It is great that all transport runs on schedule. A table with route numbers and arrival times is on the boards installed at the stops.
Prague metro
There are 3 metro lines in Prague:
A is a green line. It provides easy access to the main attractions. For example, Prague Castle - Art. m. Malostranská, Old Town Square - st. m. Staroměstská.
B- yellow metro linealso passes along the historic city center. For example, Art. m Karlovo náměstí is located next to the famous Dancing House.
C- red metro line - runs a little away from tourist center, it is convenient to get there, for example, to the Vysehrad fortress, st. m. is also called. On the red line is the Hlavní nádraží metro station. train Station Prague.
Transition line AND - line WITH located at the Muzeum station. Crossing line A - line B at Můstek station. Crossing line B - line C at Florenc station.
There are no turnstiles in the Prague metro.
Scheme of tram and metro routes in Prague on the map:
Buses and trams in Prague.
In Prague there are about 300 bus routes, from No. 100 to No. 291. Buses no. 100, no. 119 and no. 191 run daily from Prague Ruzyne Airport to metro stations. They are part of the Prague public transport network and are paid at the same rates.
It is very convenient to travel by trams in the capital of the Czech Republic. For residents and guests of Prague, there are 26 day tram routes (trams from No. 1 to No. 26). Especially popular with tourists tram number 22... Its route passes close to the main attractions of Prague. Practically, moving on it, you can arrange an inexpensive tram Hop-on - Hop-off - tour. We went to tram number 18 andquickly got to Charles Bridge, Old Town Square and Prague Castle.
Information board at the tram stop.
It is interesting that the first horse tram appeared in Prague in 1875. And in 1891 the first electric tram started to run. Guests of the city can take a ride on the old tram through the historic center of Prague. Nostalgic line No. 91 (Czech Nostalgická linka č. 91) is the name of this route. Fare for adults 35 CZK, for children under 14 years old and seniors 20 CZK.
You can ride a unique historical tram from March 25 to November 17 on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and holidays, from 12-00 to 17-30. The route starts from the Vozovna Střešovice stop near Prague Castle, ends at the Výstaviště Holešovice station -showroom in Prague 7. Passes through Prague Castle, Royal Palace, Lesser Town Square, Wenceslas Square, Republic Square.
We were in Prague on weekdays, so we were not able to ride the nostalgic tram number 91. And he is very stylish)))
Funicular in Prague.
We enjoyed a ride on the old funicular that goes to Petřín Hill. It is part of the Prague public transport system, so the same fares apply for the funicular. The lower station of the funicular is Újezd. Next to it there are trams # 9, # 12, # 22.
The length of the path is about 500 m. The ride is about 10 minutes. But you don't notice the time when such stunning views of Prague open up from the window.
Water transport in Prague.
Walking along the Vltava River is one of the most popular tourist attractions. IN good weather boats always ply and river trams... Especially a lot of them in the evening. On the embankment, the most different tours on ships. Price from 250 CZK per person.
Few travelers know that you can ride along the Vltava at the price of public transport. The standard ticket is valid for ferry crossings that belong to the water transport of Prague. Of course, the trip from one bank of the Vltava to the other will be short. One drawback - the ferry stations are very far from the tourist center. Therefore, we could not use this type of transport.
Taxi Prague
Several large taxi companies operate in Prague. Some of the most popular are “Radiocab taxi” and “AAA RADIOTAXI”. These companies have uniform tariffs. Boarding - 40 CZK, 1 km on the way - 28 CZK, waiting for a passenger costs 6 CZK per minute. IN tourist spots there are many taxi ranks. They are indicated by a special sign.
Where to buy a ticket for Prague city transport
Prague public transport tickets are called jízdenka ("Rider"). Purchased in:
- tobacco kiosks "Tabak",
- newsstands, special points with the inscription “Trafika”,
- at the metro ticket offices,
- in some souvenir shops and shops.
Some points of sale (shops, kiosks and souvenir shops) are open until 18-00. Specialist. points transport company open on weekdays from 6-00 to 20-00. Therefore, it is better to purchase the required number of tickets for the evening pass immediately in the afternoon.
- There is an opportunity to buy "rides" by SMS, but this service is only for mobile operators in the Czech Republic.
- Bus or tram tickets are also purchased from the driver, but in this case they will be more expensive.
- You can also buy “rides” in such ticket machines (pictured). They are installed at some stops, at all metro stations, at the entrance to the funicular. In these machines, payment is only for coins. There are ticket machines at Prague airport and railway stations that accept credit cards.
A ticket vending machine at the bus stop.
Such a machine is at the entrance to the funicular.
The cost of travel in Prague.
The ticket price depends on the time of its validity and the age of the passenger. everything is clear on this diagram:
Child - from 6 to 14 years old and older ones - from 60 to 69 years old buy tickets at a discounted rate. WITH 15 years the adult fare begins. Small children can travel free of charge on public transport in Prague children under 6 years old accompanied by adults and seniors from 70 years old.Current fares are available at withprague public transport website: dpp.cz
At the bus or tram driver you can buy "rides" on 90 minutes in 40 CZK - adult ticket and 20 CZK -children's and discount tickets.
The cost of transporting large luggage and a dog (always on a leash and muzzled) is 16 CZK per piece. Bicycles and skis are free of charge, but there are certain rules. The passenger with him must take a seat at the end of the last car of the tram, as well as in the first or last car of the subway.
It is noticed that the doors to the entrance / exit on the bus or tram open in front of you, you need to loudly name your name, year of birth and the name of your favorite dog, press the big button next to the door))).
All types of tickets at the beginning of the trip need to punch in those yellow electronic composter devices. The date, exact hour and minutes are marked. The duration of the ride starts from this moment. Within 30 minutes or 90 minutes, depending on the term, you can make transfers an unlimited number of times, use different kinds public transport. A 1-day or 3-day ticket needs to be punched only once, at the beginning of your first trip.
Working hours of the metro, trams, buses in Prague
For those travelers who like long evening walks (and in our case also early morning walks)) it is useful to know the public transport hours.
In the afternoon Metro in Prague operates from 5-00 to 24-00, and on Fridays and Saturdays until 1-00. Trains run every 5-10 minutes, and during rush hour, the time between them is reduced to 2-3 minutes. Trams start running from 4-30 am to 24-00. The same schedule for buses in Prague. The interval of their movement is 7-15 minutes.
Prague Night Routes
- trams from 90 to 99 run from 00-00 to 4-30 every half an hour. All night tram lines cross at the Lazarská stop, near Wenceslas Square. So with transfers you can get to different areas Prague.
- buses from 901 to 960 run at night from 00-00 to 4-30 every hour.
- a night bus from Ruzyne airport to the center of Prague runs every half hour from 00-15 to 5-00. Paid at the regular public transport rate.
Prague night transport scheme. Buses and trams.
How to save money on public transport.
(here I will not write about the passage "by a hare" - a very expensive option is obtained if they are caught))).
1.Do tourists always need to buy a ticket for 1 or 3 days.
Prague - very compact tourist townconvenient for tourists. It is enough to arrive at one “point” of the route (for example, to a stop near Prague Castle or Old Town Square) and from there you can see the sights on foot. It is easy to calculate that buying a ticket for 1 day for 110 CZK (adult fare) can be justified if you plan to make at least 5 rides of 30 minutes (5 * 24 CZK \u003d 120 CZK) or 4 rides 90 minutes each (4 * 32 CZK \u003d 128 CZK).
Why all this mathematics?))) Practice shows that it is very difficult to “wind” so many trips in a day to see the most important sights of Prague. But you can)))
2.How to see in 2 days maximum and save on tickets.
I'll tell you about our experience. On the first day we bought one "ride" for 30 minutes away historic center Prague. They returned back in the evening already on a 24-hour ticket, which was valid until the evening of the next day. On it we went to the Charles Bridge in the early morning (there and back), then again returned to the center and back to the apartments, finished the day with a trip to the Vysehrad fortress (there and back). So in two days we managed to ride 7 times on a daily ticket and 1 time on a 30-minute ticket))).
Here are all our "rides")) Above the photo - for 1 day, below - for 30 minutes.
If you are NOT planning such a "tourist intensive", then to get acquainted with the main sights of Prague, it is enough to buy tickets (for 30 or 90 minutes) - there and back. You choose the time depending on the distance from your hotel to the city center.
To do this, use the google map “Google Maps” and build a route between the two desired places in Prague, while selecting the “public transport” icon. So you will find out not only the time of travel from your hotel to the desired attraction, but also what kind of transport is better to get.
By the way, you can book a hotel or apartment in the center of Prague using these links:
We traveled around Prague by trams. So it was more convenient to get from the area where we booked the apartment. We know that the metro in Prague is fast and beautiful, but we chose the opportunity to ride and admire the city from the tram window))).
There are also old red and yellow trams in Prague. Oh, they shake and shake from side to side))) It is very comfortable to ride in modern beautiful Prague trams.
These are the new trams inside. 
The conductor always announces stops. Plus there are also such comfortable electronic scoreboards, which is easy to navigate, where you are and how many stops to go. “Our” stop.
It is wonderful to admire the magnificent Prague from the tram window.
Public transport in Prague is very comfortable for tourists and city residents. Travelers do not need to travel around the Czech capital by car. We left our car in a guarded parking lot, enjoyed taking trams and walking a lot.
By the way, we book accommodation via the Internet. For special offers, discounts and promotions of hotels in Prague, see here:
Bright and interesting travels for you!
Prague tramis a very popular convenient transport in Prague. Tramways cover most of Prague and this type of transport, in terms of the number of passengers carried, goes right behind the metro, carrying about 30% local residents and tourists. For tourists, it will be very convenient for exploring the city and will allow you to enjoy the sights, bridges and embankments of Prague from the window. The tram can be safely called one of the symbols of Prague.
Now the tram network of Prague has 24 daily and 9 night routes. Is there some more . The most important tram lines in Prague are lines 9, 17, 22, and they are highlighted on some maps.
Tram schedule and time in Prague
At each tram stop you can find route schedules and arrival times. On holidays, ordinary leaflets with changes in movement are hung on the schedule. In connection with the reconstruction and repair of the track, it sometimes happens that the routes change slightly. Information about this is usually present at stops. On weekends, the schedule is slightly different from weekdays.
One stop is often two or three routes or more. Usually the waiting time for a tram in Prague does not exceed five minutes.
They run from 4.30 am to 01.00 am.
Tram traffic scheme in Prague is partially in Russian. Watch .
Night trams in Prague
Night trams Prague they leave the depot between 20:00 and 22:30 and work by spreading those who walked around until 5-6 in the morning. The interval of movement for night trams is much higher than for day trams and can reach 40 minutes.
Night tram numbers are 51-59. Routes 31 are temporary.
Night tram routes coincide with day trams only on two routes, slightly differing in a couple of sections. The trains of all night routes arrive in the city center at the Lazarská stop. Here passengers can change to other routes and continue on. There are several other places in Prague where you can change from tram to tram at night.
Tram fare in Prague
At the beginning of 2012, the price of a tram ticket in Prague is:
24 CZK - 30 minutes (for children and seniors 12 CZK)
CZK 32 - 90 minutes (for children and seniors CZK 16)
110 CZK - 24 hours (for children and seniors 55 CZK)
310 CZK - 72 hours (3 days)
These tickets and passes are also valid for bus, boat and cable car. Read more about all transport in Prague.
Tickets for travel to Prague tramcan be purchased at metro stations or vending machines. Transport tickets are also sold in newspaper shops.
If you have just bought a ticket or travel card, you need to “punch” it in the yellow validator, which are located on the handrails in the tram. There is no need to punch through a pass that has already been punched.
Disembarkation and boarding of the tram is carried out through all doors.
The inspectors walk in civilian clothes and it may turn out that they will stand in front of you and only then will they show the badge. So be sure to buy your tickets. Today the fine for travel without a ticket in Prague is approximately 700 CZK.
Historical tram route no. 91 in Prague
Vozovna Střešovice - Výstaviště - this is the route of the museum route, which is sometimes called historical. By the way, this depot was 100 years old in 2009. This is indicated by the inscription on the roof of the tram, which I barely managed to photograph.
Tram only works in summer... From April to October on weekends, you can ride it. More about my train.
Sometimes the route changes due to reconstruction along the route.
The cost is 35 CZK.
By the way, in 2010 Mayor tram number 200 celebrated 110 years. Learn more about this most valuable exhibit in the museum. The rest of Prague's trams celebrated their 120th anniversary in the same year. To read .
Prague tram history
Now in Prague there are seven 7 tram depots and one park-museum Vozovna Střešovice. Depot: Hloubětín, Kobylisy, Motol, Pankrác, Strašnice, Vokovice, Žižkov.
For the first time, rail traffic in Prague began on September 23, 1874. Then the carriage, driven by horses, followed the route "Karlin - National Theater". The owner of the road was the Belgian entrepreneur Eduard Ottlet.
In 1876, the rails were laid to the Smikhovsky railway station across the bridge. In 1982 the network was expanded and the tram was already running to Vinohrady and Zizkov. A year later, the length of the routes was already about 20 kilometers.
The first electric tram went to Letnaya in 1891. In 1893 the line was extended to the Governor's Villa. In 1898 the Prague-Vinohrady road was built. The development of trams in Prague continued and this type of transport gained more and more popularity among residents.
In 1898, the horse tram was bought by electric companies and the construction of new tracks and reconstruction of old ones began. The last route to be electrified was the Charles Bridge route, which operated until 1908.
During the First World War, ambulance trams were used to transport the wounded. In addition to people, they transported weapons, cartridges and other cargo.
Now the park has about 1000 wagons, excluding museum exhibits and service personnel. There are only two tram brands - Tatra and Skoda. The most modern is the Skoda-15 T (pictured on the left). The previous model - Skoda - 14T looks no less modern. Veterans of the Tatra brand are well known to Russians. The same trams run along the rails of Russian cities.
This tram does not pick up passengers. He is educational.
Veterans sometimes fail. Breaking. We almost reached the Republic Square. I had to walk.
A tram breakdown caused a tram jam. You can't go around here on the side of the road. The drivers opened the doors and most of the people dispersed. But the breakdown was eliminated in 15 minutes. So this happens.
Prague tram
It is very important to know how to use public transport correctly when arriving in another country. Therefore, let's find out the main points of using transport in Prague.
- Tickets have a time limit, and the price does not depend on the distance. At the entrance to the transport, you punch the ticket and time is put on it. From this time the ticket validity period is counted. If the validity time of the ticket is not used up during one trip, then you can use it for the next trip.
- Purchased tickets can be used to travel by metro, bus, tram, as well as to climbon Petrin Hill (Petřín).
- There are no conductors and turnstiles in Prague. Tickets are checked by "itinerant" groups of controllers, escorted by police officers into the metro.
- There are stops that can be exited by pressing the STOP button in advance
- There are public night routes in Prague land transport... They are usually highlighted in black at stops.
- Transport in the Czech Republic, unlike in Russia, works exactly on schedule. Public transport timetables can be viewed online or at the bus stop.
- Discount travel for children under 14 years old. For a child over 10 years old, a document is required to prove his age.
- In Prague, there is a very convenient opportunity to buy tickets for public transport via SMS (if you have a Czech SIM card).
- Travel for children 5 years old inclusive is free. A stroller with a child is carried free of charge, without a child is considered luggage.
Ticket-free travel
If you are caught without a ticket on public transport, you will have to pay a fine of 800 CZK. If the payment is overdue for 15 days, the amount will increase to 1500 kroons.
Fare
| Tickets | Adult | Preferential (for children, for the elderly) | Purchase via SMS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard / 90 minutes | 32 Kč | 16 Kč | yes |
| Short-term / 30 minutes | 24 Kč | 12 Kč | yes |
| 24 hours / 1 day | 110 Kč | 55 Kč | yes |
| 72 hours / 3 days | 310 Kč | — | yes |
| Month / 30 days | 670 Kč | — | — |
It is most profitable for tourists to buy tickets for a day and for 3 days. They take effect from the moment they are composted and let you not think about the travel time.
Public transport tickets in Prague Where to buy tickets in Prague?
- In small kiosks selling newspapers, cigarettes and printed materials. Usually located near metro stations.
- You can buy tickets with coins in the yellow terminals. They are located at public transport stops and metro stations.
- At information centers at the airport and at train stations.
- On given on the page you can find the addresses and opening hours of ticket sales points.
Public transport hours
Metro
The metro in Prague runs daily from 5:00 to 24:00
Intervals between trains: 4-10 minutes
Peak hours: 2-4 minutes
Trams
Trams in Prague operate from 5:00 to 0:30
Intervals 5-20 minutes, during rush hours 4-8 minutes
Night schedule from 0:30 to 5:00
Night Schedule Intervals 30 minutes
Funicular
Funicular to Petřín Hill is open daily from 9:00 to 23:00
Intervals in summer 10 minutes, in winter 15 minutes
The Prague funicular is one of the attractions of the Czech Republic. You can read more about it.
Buses
Daily from 4:30 am to 0:30 am
Intervals during peak hours 6-8 minutes, usually 15-20 minutes
