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Find Bus, Train and Tram Timetables and Routes

There are a couple of methods to help you out here. If you know the name of the street where you will be staying, use the How to .... guide to generating an interactive map and follow the guide down to the bottom where you will be able to find the closest bus stop to your accommodation.

At this point, try a shot in the dark. Try an internet search for the name of the bus stop. If there is a pension or hotel in the street, there's a chance that one of their webpages may list the line number that uses that street.

If the search does not produce anything then use the download page at DPP listed below to get the bus/metro plan and find the line(s) on which the stop is located. Use this in the "line" search category listed in this How to... guide (second search method) in order to get the timetable.

Researchers should pay a visit to the DPP Download page where you will find lots of route info that you can save direct to your PC. There's also a good document with the night-tram service routes.

There are two search methods on this page. The first assumes that you know your start and end destinations but, have no details of routes. This search method will be primarily for travel from Prague to other Czech towns and cities.

The second search method is more detailed and requires knowledge of the route number. You are most likely to get this information from your accommodation and I also show you another way of finding out this info.


First Method

 Click here to begin the search.

You have arrived at the main search page for transport within the Czech Republic and internationally. First select the transport option that you want from the left side of the page i.e. bus, train, combination etc cover the whole country. For Prague transport options click "Prague" on the "City Transport" tab. There are several search boxes on the next page. The From and To boxes require the start and end points. Leave the "via" box empty unless you are sure of the name. On the right of each box is a smaller box marked "category". Leave these set to "no limit" and you will be given all travel options. If you select a dropdown option you must be sure of the names.

Enter the date and time information, leave the default "departure" marked. The bottom two boxes select if you want a direct route or how many times you would wish to change. Personally I change the "max number of interchanges" to 2.

When you have filled in the criteria click the "Search" button on the base of the page. Be aware that you may be asked to confirm or clarify a destination or start point.

This page contains, in time order, your travel options and extra info. In the following example I asked for a route from Prague to Karlovy Vary and was given a direct bus route among the options;

Date - 18.11.
Start Point - Praha,,Dejvicka
End Point - Karlovy Vary, terminal MHD
Depature Time - 11:45
Arrival Time - 13:49
Route number 142105 7 (a little symbol shows if it is a bus or train route) and you can click the link to see the route stops i.e. this route stops at the airport before going on to Karlovy Vary.
Journey time, distance and price (with discount card) - 2 hrs 4 min, 123 km, 130,- Kc.
Route Frequency - runs daily

Second Method

 TIP: If you do not know the number of the closest tram or bus route to your destination then use my How to use the mapy.cz guide. Locate your destination address and find the closest bus/tram stop (there will be a little picture that looks like a bus or tram). Double click the picture to find the bus/tram routes that stop here. Now use this information in the next step below:

Click here to begin the search.

Click on the tab marked "Stop Leaflets".
Next to "Line" put in only the number of the bus/tram route you want i.e. No.119 is the bus from the airport to Dejvicka. No.100 is from the airport to Zlicin. No.22 is the most popular tourist tram route.
Edit the date to suit your requirement
Click on the "whole week" box.
Click on the "Search" button.
If you want airport (Letiste Ruzyne) to Zlicin, use the dropdown boxes to reverse the direction of the FROM and TO fields and click the search button again.
The timetable will now appear showing the times for all of the stops on that route and there are options to both print and email the page. Click the "Edit search" or "New Search" button to enter details of another route.

There are some glitches in the system. For example use "Praha" instead of "Prague", use "Ruzyne" instead of "Airport" and use "Viden" instead of "Vienna".