Transportation

Prague’s public transport network is consistently ranked as one of the best and most reliable in Europe, yet it is also very cheap. The Prague Integrated Transport System (PID) includes the metro, trams and buses, as well as ferries and the Petřín funicular. The PID provides a 24/7 service with night timetables.

• Visit the Official PID Website to search for timetables, fares, and other useful information

Using the PID network

• Buy a ticket: Tickets can be purchased from yellow ticket machines at stops, from vendor machines on trams and buses, or via the PID Lítačka App (download at Google Play or App Store)
• Activate your ticket: The ticket must be activated. At metro stations, validators are located before the stairs / escalators / lifts. On trams and buses, the validating machines are inside the vehicles. If you use the PID Lítačka app, activating a ticket takes 1–2 minutes.
• Boarding: You can board the metro, buses and trams through any door.
• Onboard: Most bus stops operate using a ‘request stop’ system, whereby you need to press the ‘STOP’ button. These stops are indicated by a ‘bell’ sign on the notification displays inside the vehicles.

Metro

There are three lines connecting Prague’s suburbs through the city centre:

• Line A (Green): Depo Hostivař — Nemocnice Motol
• Line B (Yellow): Černý Most — Zličín
• Line C (Red): Letňany — Háje

A journey from one end station to another takes between 30 and 45 minutes.

Intervals: peak hours 2-4 minutes; outside peak hours 7-10 minutes

Transfer nodes: station “Můstek” (between the lines A & B), station “Muzeum” (between A & C) and station “Florenc” (between B & C) stations.

Using metro to get to the campus

• The metro station closest to the VŠE campus is ‘Hlavní nádraží’ (Main Station), which is on the red Line C.
• From there, there is a corridor leading directly from Train Platform No. 7 to Winston Churchill Square.
• The walk from the metro platform through the train station to the university campus takes a maximum of 10 minutes.

Trams

Trams are a convenient way to travel around the city centre, and there are also major tram lines connecting opposite parts of the city.

During peak hours, the major lines run every 5-7 minutes, the other lines every 7-10 minutes, and outside peak hours, around every 15 minutes.

Daytime trams are indicated by numbers between 1 and 26, and night trams by numbers between 91 and 99.

Using trams to get to the campus

• The tram stop closest to the VŠE campus is ‘Viktoria Žižkov’ (Main Station).
• From the stop, you need to walk around 100 metres to get to Winston Churchill Square
• Trams No 5, 9, 15 and 26 can be used to get to the “Viktoria Žižkov” stop

Buses

Buses operate within the city centre (numbers 100–299) and connect the suburbs of Prague (numbers 300–399).

Night buses have numbers between 901 and 917.

Intervals: peak hours every 6—8 minutes, off-peak hours every 15—30 minutes

Using buses to get to the campus

• The bus stop closest to the VŠE campus is ‘Náměstí Winstona Churchilla’ (Winston Churchill Square).
• The stop is located just in front of the campus
• Buses 101 or 135 can be used to get to the “Náměstí Winstona Churchilla” stop

Depending on where you are staying during the congress, you will need to take one or a combination of different means of transport to get to the campus (visit the PID website to find the best route). In most cases, a single 90-minute ticket will be sufficient. This can be used on all PID network vehicles without any restriction on the number of transfers (the ticket only needs to be validated once before getting on the first vehicle).

Taxis

Although there are plenty of taxis in Prague, we recommend using the PID network, especially if you are staying in the city centre, as public transport is usually quicker due to traffic jams.

If you prefer to take a taxi, you can use the services of Uber, Bolt or the local provider Liftago. Taxis are ordered via the respective company’s mobile app and the price is confirmed and fixed when the order is placed.