Prague bus transport

Prague bus information

The buses from no. 100 to no. 291 operate all around the city during the day. Each stop has its schedule written on the board.

Night buses
Also there are bus lines that operate after midnight, when the metro and trams are not in service. The bus lines from 501 to 513 work all night from the midnight (12.00) till the 4,30 a.m. in the morning.

Connection to metro
The bus stop marked with the sign =M= indicates that you can get out of the bus and continue with the metro.

Bus intervals
The intervals are variable from 2 minutes to 20 minutes, depending on the location, peak hours or weekend.

Prague bus schedule – enter bus number and click „search“ to see the timetable.

Prague bus tickets

Passengers are obliged to buy and validate a ticket before entering the bus. They can be bought in the automatic machines or in any tobacco store. You can also buy tickets by SMS. There are uniformed inspectors who have the right to check the validity of the ticket at any time inside the bus.

How to get from Prague airport in a bus

Take the bus number 119 and go to the metro station Dejvicka (20 minutes). There transfer on to the Green Line (Line A). Alternatively, you can continue from the Dejvická station with the tram no. 18, 20 or 26 to the city center.

The bus number 100 goes from the Prague airport to the Yellow Line Zličín metro station (Line B) which is further from the city center. A typical trip takes approximately 45 minutes.

Public transport maps / plans

Plan of Airport public transport – day: (GIF image, 100kB – PDF file, 160kB)
Plan of Airport public transport – night: (GIF image, 300kB – PDF file, 1700kB)
Map of night tram and bus lines: (GIF image, 660kB – PDF file, 300kB)

Prague buses – related topics

Private transfers from Prague Airport

Find connection between two stops of Prague public transport

Buy public transport tickets by SMS

Short video showing how to move in Prague public transport

Comments

Ross Cherrington - ross(at)wrt.org.uk - 2009-05-15

What bus do I catch and to where to transfer to a bus to ceske budejovice

Pavel Hajek - info(at)czech-transport.com - 2009-05-16

There are 2 bus terminals in Prague where you can catch a bus to CB. There are Praha Na Knížecí (lies on metro B – Anděl) and Praha Roztyly (lies on metro C – Roztyly). As for the schedules, you can see the idos.cz.

kyamil - kyamil_rashid(at)yahoo.com - 2009-06-06

How to get to poliklinika Barrandov from Skalka?

Admin - info(at)czech-transport.com - 2009-06-13