Transportation

Transportation from/to the Prague Airport

1) Taxi

The Congress Secretariat will be glad to assist you with your taxi transfer from/to the Prague airport. Kindly send us the mail including your name, number of travelling persons and details of your flight. The taxi driver will await you in the arrival hall with the sign and your name.

2) Minibus Transportation

The Company CEDAZ Ltd. has the pleasure to offer you minibus transport.

They provide two kinds of transport:

For transport CEDAZ uses Volkswagen Transporter minibuses for 8 persons and for regular shuttle buses Volkswagen Crafter for 14 persons.

For any inquiries and oders you can send your e-mail orders in English.

In personal contact at our information desk in the arrival hall our staff depending on structure of shifts will try to help you in other languages which suit you better.

3) Public Transportation

Bus Lines:
Ticket prices/Fares:

Prague Public Transportation

1) Metro

The Prague Metro network consists of 3 lines designated by letters and differentiated in colour:

green colour (Depo Hostivar station - Dejvicka station)
yellow colour (Cerny most station - Zlicin station)
red colour (Letnany - Haje station)
Is possible changes at Muzeum station (lines A and C), Mustek station (lines A and B), Florenc station (lines B and C).

Metro operates daily from 5 a.m. to 12 p.m. The time interval between train departures is approximately 2 - 3 minutes during the workday rush hours and 4 - 10 minutes during off-peak hours.

2) Trams

Daytime operation is from 4:30 a.m. to midnight. Night operation is from midnight to 4:30 a.m. and is provided by tram numbers 51 to 59 in the interval of 30 minutes. The central interchage station for night lines is Lazarska stop. Tram schedules are located at individual stops.

3) Buses

The daytime and night operation of buses is similar to tram operation. Night service is provided by bus numbers 501 to 514 and 601 to 604. Bus schedules are located at individual stops.

3) The Funicular

The Funicular to Petrin Hill operates along the route Újezd - Nebozizek - Petrin. The Funicular operates daily from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. (April - September) and from 9 a.m. to 11:20 p.m. (October - March) with traffic intervals from 10 to 15 minutes.

Prague City Transport Fares

Travelling by city transport is possible only with a valid ticket. Passengers have to obtain their tickets before boarding the vehicle or entering the Metro system. The ticket is valid only if marked in the validation appliance. Tickets can be bought at selected Metro stations or in Dopravni podnik Information Centers, hotels, at news stands, travel bureau, department stores, etc. Single tickets can also be bought from the ticket vendors located at Metro stations or near some stops of surface transport.

Fares

Transfer ticket 26,- CZK
Discounted (children 6 to 15 years) 13,- CZK

Ticket with limited transfer options 18,- CZK
Discounted (children 6 to 15 years) 9,- CZK

The prices may be increased during the year.

Freight

Tourist Tickets

These tickets are valid for all the city transport facilities and allow changes.
The ticket is valid from the moment of its marking. These tickets can be bought in the Information Centres of the Prague Public Transit Company and in the Information Centres of the Prague Information Service (PIS).

Free-of-Charge Transport of Passengers and Objects

Ticket Inspection

The validity of tickets can be checked by the ticket inspectors of Dopravni podnik at any time during travel or stay in the Metro system. The ticket inspector is entitled to ask the passenger to produce his or her valid ticket, to confiscate invalid tickets, and to collect a penalty (950 CZK, if paid at once 700 CZK) in case of travel without a valid ticket. In case of unpaid freight the inspector collects a penalty 200 CZK, which is reduced to 100 CZK, if it is paid on the spot or in an excess fare ticket office of Dopravni podnik. To prove their identity, inspectors produce yellow-and-red badges. They issue receipts for the penalty amounts.

Information for disabled persons

Barrierless access in Metro:

A-line - stations Dejvická, Muzeum, Strasnická, Skalka, Depo Hostivar

B-line - stations Zlicín, Stodulky, Luka, Luziny, Hurka, Nové Butovice, Smichovské nádrazí, Vysocanská, Kolbenova, Hloubetín, Rajská zahrada, Cerny Most

C-line - stations Letnany, Prosek, Strizkov, Ládví, Kobylisy, Nádrazí Holesovice, Vltavská, Florenc, Hlavní nádrazí, Muzeum, Vysehrad, Pankrác, Budejovická, Roztyly, Chodov, Opatov, Háje

Special bus lines № 1 and № 3 providing transport of disabled persons in wheelchairs connect the suburbs Cerny Most II, Jizní Mesto II, Repy, Sídliste Dáblice with the centre of Prague (Metro station Florenc) where the change of lines is possible. These lines are in service during the working days only.

The line № 291 connects the health facilities in the area of I. P. Pavlova Square - Charles Square - I. P. Pavlova Square.

Taxi

The maximum prices for taxi services in the district of the capital city of Prague:

The prices can be rised within a year.

The maximum prices are valid for all the vehicles offering the taxi services in the district of Prague. The price for waiting includes waiting in a trafic jam (slow trafic) as well as waiting on customer's request. Fare outside the district of Prague is not limited.

Warning for Customers!