In large cities, the fastest and relatively inexpensive means of transportation is the metro. In the article you will get acquainted with the metro of Prague , which in 2011 was the seventh largest in terms of passenger turnover in the European Union. It has its own characteristics that distinguish it from all others.
Prague Metro Scheme
The total length of all metro routes totals 59.3 km and 57 passenger stations making up a network of three lines:
- A - green;
- B - yellow;
- C - red.
There are three stations for transfers to other lines: Můstek (A and B), Muzeum (A and C), Florenc (B and C).
Most of the metro stations in Prague have island platforms, and Prosek, Hlavní nádraží, Střížkov, Černý Most and Vyšehrad have a structure with side platforms. The station "Rajská zahrada" is unique, as its platforms are located one above the other.
In the Prague underground there is the deepest station on the territory of the European Union - this is the "Náměstí Míru" on line A. Its platforms are located at a depth of 53 m, on the escalators of this station it is 43.5 m.
How does the metro work in Prague?
Planning to move around in Prague on the subway, you must know the hours of his work. Trains start from "Letňany" station of line C at 4:34, and ends at 0:40. Trains for traffic between the end stations of lines A, B and C spend 23, 41 and 36 minutes, respectively. At rush hour, the gap between the trains is about two and a half minutes, and at other times the train will need to wait 5 to 12 minutes. Between stations, the maximum travel time is 2 minutes.
How to use the metro in Prague?
The peculiarity of the Prague underground is the absence of turnstiles and ticket offices at the entrance. In the subway there are special controllers in ordinary clothes who can come to you at any time and check your ticket. They can be recognized by a token and service certificate, and the numbers must necessarily coincide. For the ticketless travel from January 1, 2014, the fine increased to 1500 CZ. CZK. Unpaid immediately or within the prescribed time limit increases significantly in size.
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When you go down in the subway, you first need to go to the composter (a small yellow box), insert the ticket into the hole, and it prints the date, time and place of the "punching" in different colors. The ticket will act immediately after this and a strictly defined time, and then become invalid.
The fare in the metro of Prague
You can pay for the subway in Prague in several ways:
- in the machine, the ticket office of the metro, at the Trafika kiosks - ordinary tickets;
- via sms - electronic tickets;
- in the magistrate you can order an opencard (universal travel card).
The ticket vending machine uses only coins and issues tickets for 30 minutes, 1.5 hours, 1 day and 3 days.
Owners of the Czech sim-card can buy an SMS ticket. To do this, send to the number 90206 sms with the following codes:
- DPT24 - to receive a ticket for 30 minutes;
- DPT32 - to receive a ticket for 1.5 hours;
- DPT100 - to receive a ticket for 1 day.
Money is withdrawn from the account of the phone, and an electronic ticket arrives on the phone.
The cost of the ticket for the metro in 2013 was:
- 24 crowns in 30 minutes;
- 32 crowns in 1.5 hours;
- 110 kroons per day;
- 310 CZK for 3 days.
On sale there are also children's tickets (6-15 years) and there are discounts for people who are over 60 years old. For example, the cost of a child ticket for a day is 55 kroons.
If you are in Prague for a long time, and not for a few days of shopping , it is worth considering buying an innocent. The open card is a card-travel card, with which a special chip removes funds for travel and its replenishment. You can order it in Prague Magistrate or on the Internet. The minus of this card is the production period from 7 days (250 CZK) to 14 days (100 CZK). The travel card is not compostable.
The peculiarity of tickets for public transport in Prague is that the ticket purchased acts on all its types in the city, and even on the funicular.