Every large town and city in the Czech Republic has its own transport company which operates a local transport network. At every marked stop you will find detailed timetables of the services that stop there. The timetable also usually shows the time it takes for the service to travel between the individual stops. On board the current station and next stop are usually announced. Buttons to open doors are becoming ever more frequent on city transport. They can be found on the doors themselves (on the tram and metro on both sides) or on hand rails inside the vehicle.
The Prague Integrated Transport System
Passengers can use buses, trams and three metro lines to get around town quickly,
A transfer ticket is valid for 75 minutes on all types of transport (tram, bus and metro) and
costs 26 Kč. With this kind of ticket, passengers can change as many times they wish and need
to.
Tips for visitors:
Plan your journey down to the last second at www.dpp.cz/idos.
An interesting fact:
Take a trip on a unique funicular railway with superb views from Petřín Hill. Prague transport tickets can be used on the service.
The Prague Metro
The Prague underground system has a total length of 54.7 km. There are 54 stations on the three lines which each have a different letter and colour (A - green, B - yellow, C - red) and three of these are stations where passengers can change from one line to another (Můstek, Muzeum and Florenc).
Other towns and cities with local transport networks
All towns and cities across the Czech Republic have some sort of public transport system. Tickets cost less than in Prague, and the network always covers every part of the town. There are transport networks in Brno, Ostrava, Pilsen, Liberec , Olomouc, Ústí nad Labem and many other places across the country.
Tips for visitors:
- If you are planning to stay in a Czech town for a longer period of time, why not find out about discounts available on the local transport network. For instance, in Prague 24 and 48-hour tickets can be purchased.
- When staying in one place for a long time, it is always better to buy a monthly, 3-monthly or even a year ticket.
