Public transport in Prague: tickets, passes and Lítačka

Prague's metro, trams, buses, trolleybuses, ferries and trains within the city share one set of tickets under PID (Pražská integrovaná doprava). Single tickets cost less in the PID Lítačka app than on paper, and once you live here, an annual pass is the cheapest way to travel every day.

Which tickets and passes are there?

For occasional trips you buy a single ticket by time, and for daily travel you load a pass. A single ticket lets you change between lines and modes for as long as it's valid. Since 1 January 2026, single tickets bought in the app cost less than paper ones:¹

A pass (časový kupón) for an adult aged 18 to 60 costs 550 Kč for a month, 1,480 Kč for three months or 3,650 Kč for a year (roční jízdenka), the same in the app or on a card, and starts on the day you choose. Pass prices didn't change in 2026.¹ An annual pass works out at about 10 Kč a day, well under the price of one 30-minute ticket.

SMS tickets cost more, 42 Kč and 55 Kč, and aren't valid on trains or outside Prague.¹ The Petřín funicular takes passes and 24- and 72-hour tickets, but not 30- or 90-minute tickets.²

What is Lítačka, and how do I get a pass?

Lítačka is what Prague calls the ways of holding a pass: the PID Lítačka app, a Lítačka card, or your own bank card.³ Using the app or a bank card costs nothing; a Lítačka card costs a fee to issue.⁴

1. Choose where your pass lives: the app on your phone, a Lítačka card, or a physical contactless Visa or Mastercard. A bank card in a phone wallet doesn't count.³
2. Register it in the app or online with your personal details, because passes are personal.
3. Prove a discount if you have one, such as your age, or a student card or confirmation of study.⁵
4. Buy the pass and pick its first day.
5. At an inspection, show the QR code in the app, or hand over the card that holds your pass.

Who travels free or for less?

Children and people over 65 travel free in Prague, and juniors, students and people aged 60 to 65 get cheaper passes.⁵

• Under 6: free across PID, with someone over 10.
• 6 to 15: free in Prague. From 10, carry proof of age: an official document with a photo, or a Lítačka card that shows it.
• 15 to 18, and students 18 to 26: passes for 130 Kč a month, 360 Kč a quarter or 1,280 Kč a year, but no discount on single tickets.¹
• 60 to 65: the same reduced passes, and single tickets at half price.
• Over 65: free in Prague with proof of age.

How do I validate a ticket?

Stamp a paper ticket once, when you board a tram, bus or ferry or enter the metro, face up in the direction of the arrow; you don't stamp it again when you change.⁶ An app ticket has to be activated before you board, and it becomes valid one minute after activation.⁷ A ticket from a contactless terminal on board is valid as printed, so you don't stamp it.⁸

What happens at a ticket inspection?

An inspector (přepravní kontrolor) can ask for your ticket anywhere on the network, and without a valid one you pay a surcharge (přirážka). In Prague it's 1,200 Kč if you pay on the spot, 1,500 Kč if you pay within 15 days, and 2,000 Kč otherwise.⁹ If you have a pass but couldn't show it, you pay 50 Kč when you prove it within 15 days. In the outer zones the amounts are higher: 1,500 Kč, 2,000 Kč and 2,500 Kč.⁹

How do I get to and from the airport?

Two city buses link Václav Havel Airport with the metro on ordinary tickets: bus 59 to Nádraží Veleslavín on line A, and bus 100 to Zličín on line B. A 90-minute ticket covers either.¹⁰ The Airport Express (AE) runs to Praha hlavní nádraží, the main railway station, for its own fare of 200 Kč, or 100 Kč for children aged 6 to 15; PID single tickets and passes aren't valid on it.¹¹ At night, buses 907 and 910 serve Terminal 2.¹⁰

Does my ticket work at night and outside Prague?

Yes. From about midnight to 4:30, night lines replace the metro, trams and buses. Night trams 91 to 99 run every 30 minutes, every 20 on Friday and Saturday nights, and all of them meet at Lazarská; night buses 901 to 917 cover the rest of the city.¹²

Beyond Prague, PID's outer zones run from 1 to 13. A single ticket for more zones lasts longer, and if you commute, you can add a coupon for the outer zones to your Prague pass.¹³

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Sources

1. PID, fares for Prague from 1 January 2026, checked 27 October 2026. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. PID, Tariff from 1 January 2026, with supplements to 1 September 2026, art. III(8). ↩

3. PID Tariff from 1 January 2026, art. XIV(2), identifiers. ↩ ↩²

4. PID, how to buy a ticket, checked 27 October 2026. ↩

5. PID, discounts, as of 1 August 2026. ↩ ↩²

6. PID Tariff from 1 January 2026, art. VIII(5). ↩

7. PID Tariff from 1 January 2026, art. XX(7), (9), (13), (16) and (21). ↩ ↩²

8. PID Tariff from 1 January 2026, art. III(7)(a). ↩ ↩²

9. PID, surcharges, as of 1 January 2026. ↩ ↩²

10. PID, to and from the airport, checked 27 October 2026. ↩ ↩²

11. PID Tariff from 1 January 2026, art. III(9). ↩

12. PID, night transport, checked 27 October 2026. ↩

13. PID Tariff from 1 January 2026, art. III(1) and (6). ↩

14. PID, what changes from 1 January 2026. ↩

15. PID, lost and found, checked 27 October 2026. ↩