How to Use Prague Public Transit
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2024
- Prague has the best and most convenient public transit in Europe - and it's cheap too! Before you waste money on taxis, learn how to ride the Prague metro, trams and buses, all with one easy, single-use ticket.
Want more tips and tricks for getting around Prague? Check out www.dreamprague.com/
This should be broadcasted on every plane heading to Prague
Calling Czech airlines now! 😎
This is the best summary of our public transport i ever saw.
Thanks a lot!
Agreed, good job, DP!
Good job, I look forward for our next school trip! :-) (y)
Raven Holm Even “Ministry of public transport “ 😉would’t do it better! Honestly👍
Not exactly right informations regarding the "metro, tram and buses" part. The city transportation includes trains, ferries, and cableway on Petřín hill too.
update: you can now also use app to buy "virtual" tickets
Good idea, I'll have to add that in. Prague is modernizing faster than I can make videos!😂
actually u can use the ticket for 6 types of transport within Prague - not only bus, tram or metro - but also for S-trains = metropolitan commuters within Prague, funicular to Petřín hill and the small cross river ferry P1 to P9
But that SMS tickets aren't valid on any trains...
And cableway in Zoo as well :)
@@krobotak I think you have to pay 25CZK even if you have Lítačka but i'm not sure
@@krobotak Are you sure about that? I've never heard of the tickets being valid in the ZOO as well.
Also, funny seeing you here. I never would have expected to stumble upon you on youtube.
The Petřín funicular does not accept the regular short-term tickets, you either need a 24-hour or longer ticket or Lítačka.
Important thing to say: If you past the yellow machines, it counts as you are already traveling. It is called "přepravní prostor" (traveling space). When your ticket is not valid when you are in this space (in the metro stop), you can also get fined. Reminder, it is just in the metro.
Hello, thanks for this guide. As local resident railfan and lover of public transport systems I like how you summarised > 95 % of public transport use cases and basics of public transport etiquete :) With Czech subtitles even local infrequent drives would get basic idea how not to get lost in our trams. ;)
Few notes valid at 02/2020 and my personal suggestions and experience
- PID (Prague integrated transport organisation) started to provide timetables for 3rd party apps (Google maps, idos, etc.), so relying on Google maps is good idea
- Some trams (especially around 9h - 11h and 18h - 24h) can drive back to depot after early/evening rush hours. Those trams have inverted colours of line. Normally there is black background and green/yellow number of line + name of last stop. In case it drives to depot it has coloured background with black line number and different end station. In timetables they are marked by letter at the departure time with note like: A - Vůz jede ze zastávky Anděl do Vozovny Motol (Tram goes from station Anděl to Depot Motol).
- For long term passes you may use instead of Lítačka either your mobile phone with PID Lítačka app or 3rd party cards (InKarta - Czech railways) or credit/debit cards. Lítačka is only medium to store long term passes. By the way app Lítačka can be used even for purchases of short term tickets in case you have internet connection on your phone.
- There is 3rd party web page tram.mobilnitabla.cz/ which shows you life map of Prague tram network. Normally it is supposed to be used for railfans for tramspotting, however it has also mobile version showing nearest tram in your location and displays route on map, where does tram go, how much delayed it is and which type of vehicle is deployed (if it is low floor and has A/C).
- Since 04/2019 every tram has debit/credit and other wireless payment methods (ApplePay, etc.) orange ticket machines. Simply tap on type of ticket you need, hold card/device for +- 2 seconds at machine and ticket will be printed and will be valid instantly after purchase unlike those bought from ticket machine in metro or in stores that must be stamped. Few of them are also metro and can be used to read data from your Lítačka which passes you own and when they expire.
- Trams have priority on crosswalks without traffic lights! Pedestrians must wait until tram passes or they get green light on crosswalk. On some sections trams can go up to 60 km/h (~ 37,5 MPH) and braking distance can reach up to 90 meters (~ 300 ft) or length of 6 Tatra T3 trams. There were some deadly accident where tourists not paying attention or expecting priority on crosswalk got hit by tram. So please pay attention and avoid using headphones and your phone as phone zombie in proximity of tram tracks unless you are willing to win Darwin award :)
- Some seats in public transport vehicles are marked with green "+" sign or blue color of seats. Those are priority seats for people with health issues, handicap and ZTP card holders. Please leave those seats if you see someone barely standing or with ZTP card showing to you, you are even obliged to do so...
- In urban buses (100-299) you may purhcase ticket at the driver, however I suggest not doing so. At first tickets are sold with extra charge (40 CZK for 90 min ticket instead of 32 CZK), it also builds up delay and makes driver grumpy. What is heared through the grapevine this purchase method should be discontinued and replaced by the same orange ticket machine that are already in use in trams
- In metro there are buttons on doors, that are used to open the doors, when it stops in the station. Sometimes the doors open even if you don't press the button. Logic is such: When metro brakes into station and LED diodes around the button are not lit. Then the door will open up. If LED diodes are shining green, you have to press the button to open the door. If LED diodes are bliking green, someone has already pressed the button and door will open up. Exception are 1st doors in first carriage and last doors in fifth (last) carriage, they will open up everytime so pressing button here is pointless ;)
Thank you!
You can use same tickets for ferries on a river, funicular on Petřín hill and some of trains in and around Prague (but it's little bit tricky).
And fine for not having ticket is 1500 CZK. But if you pay it in 15 days from day when they catch you, they give you a "sale" and fine is 800 CZK.
Aha! Thank you for making that distinction about the different payment amounts! Cheers🤓
@@DreamPrague there is also the option for the situations when you just forget you pass. if you show it at the designated office at the designated time, you will have t pay just a little amount.
Super useful, clear concise and very professionally done. Thank you
Thank you so much for this video! Every person that visits Prague should watch it. And also thanks for mentioning the "unlisted" rules of the public transit (let the people walk out before you walk in, stay on the right side of the escalator if you don’t wanna walk).
We also have "přívoz" and a "lanovka" (that takes you to the Petřín hill). The tickets (and lítačka) are also valid there. The "přívoz" is a small boat that takes you across Vltava. I don't think that people use these every day, but it's so nice to hop on a "přívoz" and see all the swans and ducks 😄. You can also use lítačka to travel by a train. Prague has a system of tariff zones, so it depends which zones did you pay for. If you only have paid for Prague (zone 0) you can travel by a train (for example) from Hlavní nádraží to Smíchovské nádraží or even to Radotín or Čakovice (the outskirts of the city). Personally, I like trains more than buses so this is very nice. And they are often faster than the bus 😄.
Zones are tricky to use. Prague is not zone 0 but it consists of 4 zones B, 0, P, P (P is double zone). Ticket that is valid for Prague Center is a 4-zone ticket. If you are traveling within city center (Trams, Metro, Buses 1xx, 2xx) you can go anywhere but you still need all 4 zones for any journey within city center. 4-zone ticket - it is labeled as Prague. For Trains and Regional buses 300+ it is different but only if you travel between region and Prague those regional lines then use zone system even for inner Prague zones. Bus from zone 1 to Horní Počernice B would be 2-zone ticket, to Černý Most 0 3-zone ; but from Černý most to Horní Počernice you would need 4-zone. New PID app is good especially if you want to go to region because you can look up the connection and it also tells you the price of the ticket you can buy it in the app and also validate it which is handy because trains are not equipped with validating machines - those are at the stations but not everywhere.
Good point with the rules of public transport. You often see tourists in Tram or Metro blocking doors or passage through the vehicle and generally they have no idea where should they stand and when to move making many locals grumpy.
Hey, this was awesome, really comprehensible, I used to live in Prague but only now did I find the meaning of the numbers in the left side column of the tram schedules. They're minutes it takes to get to the next stop! Cheers for that
just a small update!
now you can buy a ticket in trams. the machine is ORANGE, you pay here with CARD and it's valid as soon as you GET IT.
also, now there are machines in metro where you can buy tickets with a card also!
im acknowledged this video was posted a year ago, so i just wanted to make a little update because few things changed
Hello . I am a tram driver in Prague, it would also be great to point out that in Prague trams have priority over pedestrians, even at crossings. Otherwise, great video, I hope it helps tourists.
Those single use ticket machines are now located at "big" tram stops too and a few newer trams also have them inside. A lot of of older ticket machines were replaced by a newer type that accepts cards with chips (ticket machines in trams only support contactless cards).
*AND* *1* *TROLEYBUS* *LINE* 🙂
Yeah. More troleybus lines coming up (after like 50 years since end of service).
Also don't forget upcoming D line of Metro (the blue line).
And one Cableway line. :-D
even I learnt something new thanks, I didnt know or ive never realized traffic numbers are split by day/night service and it couldnt go over 290
Look for Honest Guide' airport bus video as a companion for this video if you are going to visit Prague. I get the 26 tram at Veleslavin after the 119 airport bus then change at Sparta for a tram into Prague 7. Beats a taxi for value every time. Usually the maximum wait for the connecting tram is 10 minutes and you get a good view of the cathedral at Sparta.
Since the end of 2019, you can also pay tickets by pay card or smartphone/watches wirelessly.
that metro arrow, its M for metro and arrow down (in case you dont know, where metro is)
November 2022.. GREAT and helpful video, especially the tram number system (night and day, work day and weekend) VERY helpful to know, coming next month, my 1st Prague visit. THANK YOU Dream.
i feel ready to take the metro now!! THANKS!
Explained very well. It will help me very well on Friday when I arrive in Prague. Thanks. 😊👍🏻
Awesome video - thanks
Even on a hard day your videos make me happy. There is something inherently positive about them. It is not like you avoid sharp corners and yet there is still always some positive take away. Like even here :) about how to buy tickets 🎫 :)) ps. Watching this video 2 years after it was made and comparing it to how it is now one can really see that your Czech pronunciation is improving
Awesome explanation.
Thank u ever so much for this informative video. I have booked a trip to Prague and thanks to this video, getting around has become easy.
Just a quick question - even if I take a 72 hour travel ticket, do I still validate it only once?
Very nicely done.
proc se na tohle divam? ja ZIJU v praze a vim jak to tu funguje :-D what am i doing with my life?! :-D
also WOW - did you do all the animations yourself?! they look super professional - great job!
Also xD
Glad I am not the only one :D :D living in Prague my whole life and still watching it till the end
Řikám si to celou dobu toho videa:-D
Perfect! I gave you like!
recently there are credit cards terminals in all trams, so you can buy ticket with contactless card on board
Amazing video
The public transport in Prague as well as in every bigger Central European city or town is good and efficient, including my homecity of Warsaw. We have here a smaller but newer and faster developing metro network. For the Poles the word "jizdenka" seems to be very funny but it reminds us the Polish word "jazda" which means "a ride". In Polish it's "bilet", a loanword from French "billet".
I've never been to Warsaw, only Wroclaw. But I'd love to come check it out. Thank you for watching :)
I would only correct: Tickets can also be bought from the bus driver, but they are more expensive (surcharge) and except card Lítačka you can also buy a coupon from DPP for a month, quarter or year, it is cheaper than tickets and with coupon you can also go around Prague with related train carriers.
just one simple point, you can also use train stations to move within prague, the ticket works even in them. IOts also better to use idos to find right transport, its app covers whole republic every type of transport inside or outside the city.
hello, I would ask you a question. If I buy a 90-minute ticket and I validate it on a bus. than when I transferred metro. Do I need to use the validation machine again? or first validation is enough during 90 min?
Honest guide😐
I have a question: where i can buy the public trasportation pass for 5 months? Thanks
That's Mafia 1 song at the background, right?
C'est très intéressant.😊
++ update: you can buy both short and long term tickets through Lítačka App. The ticket machines now accept credit cards. And you can buy the ticket in the tram too (with card). And Google Maps etc. will soon also show how late is the bus/tram, or if it is going on time. Hopefully, the stops of the public transport will have digitalized tables soon, so you'll directly see when is your bus/tram leaving.
What about the trains from a city to another ? Is it the samr system ?
Does one have to pay extra when riding the system with luggage?
Hi, where can I find the use of Litacka
hi guys, thanks for the information, I would like to ask about the 3 day ticket, can I use it on the metro or the bus or both? how much does it cost? and how many times can I use it? is it with a limit or without? And what bus can i take from aeroport to metro?
Did you get an answer? I'm curious about this too!
Is prague has any transport card?
Without watching previously your video that explained the car culture in the US I'd be thinking Omg, what sort of person needs such detailed explation, lol.
We use mainly IDOS. Show you complete connect)))
The graphic is awesome and professional. :-o What did you actually use to create it?
thank you! I used Keynote and recorded my screen.😜
Oh, I see. An interesting idea to use a presentation software and capture the screen. But... why not? Great idea! :-)
Kdyby to bylo v cestine tak by to pomohlo i nam co jedou na vylet do Prahy,jinak super
Best!
You can use ticket also for Funicular and Ferries. Je tu ešte lanovka a prívozy na rovnaký lístok. Best app is idos
idos je celostatni system. pro prahu je lepsi dpp.cz
What to do if the Time run out while I’m on the road or inside the metro?
You'll look around for information and then buy a SMS ticket with your phone ;)
The app called cg transit is also very good.
Not exactly right informations regarding the "metro, tram and buses" part. The city transportation includes trains, ferries, and cableway on Petřín hill too.
Nowadays, there are ticket machines on trams, that accept wireless credit cards; but tickets from these machines are already validated.
You probably mean "contactless" cards. All cards are wireless ;)
I paid €13. For 72hrs not 1 person checked the ticket bus and trams r clean and fast
Just to broaden your language and cultural horizons. Lítačka is somewhat sad choice for a public transport pass card. Its a name that would typically be used outside of Prague, not sure in what regions. The word that is typical in Prague is "tramvajenka" /obviously derived from the word tram/. You can still actually buy the old fashioned paper yearly/monthly passes, which is what I prefer. As Prague born and bred I refuse to use Lítačka :D
The trouble with "tramvajenka" as a name is that it implies the card is specifically for trams.
@@MarvinCZ tak nejspis to puvodne bylo na tramvaje, ale pokud ne rovnou, tak brzo i na autobusy. akdyz se postavilo metro, tak na na metro. a nam prazakum to nikdy nevadilo.
@@catepilarr Chápu, že vám to nikdy nevadilo. Teď se už ale nebavíme o lidovém výrazu, ale o oficiálním názvu. Název "Lítačka" není skvělý, ale "Tramvajenka" je ještě horší.
@@MarvinCZ Vzdyt to rikam od zacatku, ze je to blby nazev. A blby je proto, ze je pritazeny odnekud zvenku.
@@MarvinCZ and the trouble with Lítačka is that is implies the card is specifically for airplanes :)
Now I really realized, how smart prague’s transport is.😇
What a pity they don’t have metro in Brno, only “šalina” , god knows what it is? 😂😂😂
Ale prd, mají. Dojedete metrem na florenc, a odtama je to jedna zastávka autobusem až do brnele.
Funny that Americans use word "transit" for what the British call "public transport". "Transit" in Czech means a route on a motore way /highway/ that doesnt lead through a city but around it.
A co lanovka :-D
KIDS ARE FREE UNTIL 15 YEARS AND THERE ARE TICKET MACHINES ON SOME TRAM STOPS NOT JUST IN THE METRO!!!
idos
Fun fact: The transport speed Is a satanic Turtle. Its chaos, And it can be Slow in a crowded Area. Doesnt count for metros..