Getting around
Public transportation is very convenient in most of the areas visitors are likely to frequent. There are three main subway lines (Czech metro), and numerous bus and tram (streetcar) lines. Purchase 75 minutes transfer for 20 CZK ticket at any tobacco shop or 24-hours, 3-days or 7-days tickets at ticket offices in some metro stations; date stamp this the first time you ride. Tickets are not checked upon boarding, but undercover inspectors frequently make the rounds asking to see your ticket. Even though freeriding seems easy in Prague, you should invest in the cheap ticket; staying more than two days in Prague will guarantee that you will be checked.
Public transport continues at night in a convenient way. Night trams or night buses (00:00 to 5:00 AM) come usally every 30 minutes. Every 15 minutes they are leaving some night trams central exchange station in the centre of Prague called Lazarská. You can also easily change the tram lines here.
Czech railway
The city forms the hub of the Czech railway system, with services to all parts of the Czech Republic and to neighbouring countries.
Taxis
The taxi service in Prague has had a somewhat chequered history. During the rule of Communist Party in Czechoslovakia (1948–1989), the taxi service was nationalised into one umbrella company, and, with a short exception during liberalization related to the Prague Spring, no independent taxi drivers were allowed.