Prague underground (“metro” in Czech) covers most of the city and is the fastest and easiest way to get around the city. The metro is managed by the Prague Public Transit Company Inc. (Dopravní podnik Praha or DP Praha) who runs the metro, tramways, buses, a funicular to the Petřín hill and the chairlift inside Prague Zoo. Prague metro is easy to use, efficient, fast and clean. Many hotels in Prague are located near metro stations.
Prague Metro operates from 5:00 in the morning till midnight. It has 3 lines – A, B, C and covers 56 km, 54 stations, capacity of about 400 million people per year and tracks running mostly underground every 2-3 minutes during peak hours and every 10 minutes at other times.
Green Line (A) – ending stations at Depo Hostivar (East) and Dejvicka (West)
Yellow Line (B) – ending stations at Cerny most (North East) and Zlicin (South-West)
Red Line C – ending stations at Ladvi (North) and Haje (South East)
There are 3 transfer stations in Prague center where two lines intersect:
Muzeum (upper end of Wenceslas Square) – lines A and C
Můstek (lower end of Wenceslas Square) – lines A and B
Florenc (main bus station) – lines B and C
The Prague metro is only about 30 years old and is mostly Russian-built. The first section of line C (north-south, 22.7 km) was opened in 1974 between Sokolovská (now Florenc) and Kacerov. Then the western branch of line A (Nám. Míru-Dejvická) (east-west, 10.9 km) was opened in 1978 and until 1990 it ended in station Skalka. Yellow line B The newest and reaches 25.8 km long. The city section between Smíchovské nádrazí and Florenc opened in 1985 and after it a first extension to Nové Butovice – the south-western suburbs opened in 1988. Now construction of Line D is about to start and supposed to be ready by 2015.
The depth of the stations in Prague metro varies considerably. Náměstí Míru is the deepest station in Prague metro, located 52 meters under the surface. The B line in some stations runs above the ground inside a tunnel from glass: between Rajská zahrada and Černý Most in the east and between the stations Hůrka and Lužiny in the western part. The metro red line C between Vyšehrad and I.P.Pavlova runs inside a 40 meters high road bridge above a valley.
Prices for Prague metro:
90-minute ticket
Adults: 32 Kč
Children 6-15 years: 16 Kč
Children under 6: free
30-minute ticket
Adults: 24 Kč
Children 6-15 years: 12 Kč
Children under 6: free
A-line – stations Depo Hostivar, Skalka, Strasnická, Muzeum, Dejvická
B-line – stations Cerny Most, Rajská zahrada, Hloubetín, Kolbenova, Vysocanská, Smichovské nádrazí, Nové Butovice, Hurka, Luziny, Luka, Stodulky, Zlicín,
C-line – stations Ládví, Kobylisy, Nádrazí Holesovice, Vltavská, Florenc, Hlavní nádrazí, Muzeum, Vysehrad, Pankrác, Budejovická, Roztyly, Chodov, Opatov, Háje