Prague Metro Map 2026: Lines, Tickets & Prices

The Prague Metro at a Glance

• Three metro lines: Line A (green), Line B (yellow), Line C (red); a fourth Line D (blue) is under construction.
• 61 official stations (58 physically separate) across 65.4 kilometers, opened in May 1974.
• Standard ticket: 30 minutes from 39 CZK (≈ $1.83), 90 minutes from 50 CZK (≈ $2.35). Children up to 15 and seniors from 65 travel free (as of July 2026).
• The operator is the Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy (DPP), part of the PID network.
• Official network map above as a zoomable PDF to download.

Current Service Updates

Night service: The Prague Metro does not run overnight. Between around midnight and 04:30, night trams and buses take over on the regular PID fare (full details in the timetable section below).

Current service and disruption updates: DPP passenger information · network information via the PID portal.

The Prague metro map, also known as the Prague subway map, shows a clear network that is easy for travelers to read: three lines, 65.4 kilometers, 61 stations. Above you can view the official network map as a zoomable PDF, along with every line, the current 2026 ticket prices, operating hours and the connection to Václav Havel Airport.

The Prague Metro is a comparatively young system that has grown rapidly: the first section of Line C opened on May 9, 1974 between Kačerov and Sokolovská with nine stations. Line A followed on August 12, 1978 and Line B on November 2, 1985. Today the Prague Metro is the backbone of the city’s public transport.

The operator is the Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy (DPP), the city’s municipal transport company. Fares and tickets run through the Prague Integrated Transport network (PID, Pražská integrovaná doprava), which combines metro, tram and bus under a single ticket.

The network spans 65.4 kilometers and 61 stations across three lines. Where the Prague metro map shows different figures (such as “57” or “58 stations”), these reflect different counting methods: the DPP counts the three interchange stations separately for each line, reaching 61, while 58 stations are physically separate. Most of the 61 stations offer step-free access. Across all lines, around one million passengers use the metro each day; in the full year 2025 the figure was 369.7 million passengers (as of December 31, 2025).

One feature stands out right at the entrance: the Prague Metro is an open system without turnstiles. You validate your ticket at a machine before the escalator, or tap your bank card contactlessly on the reader; checks are carried out at random.

There is no direct metro connection to Václav Havel Airport. The fastest link by public transport is trolleybus 59: it runs from Terminals 1 and 2 to Nádraží Veleslavín station on metro Line A in around 15 minutes. Trolleybus 59 replaced the former bus route 119 on March 6, 2024.

Alternatively, bus 100 takes you to Zličín (Line B) in about 18 minutes. The paid Airport Express reaches Praha hlavní nádraží (the main station) on Line C in around 40 minutes; note that it requires a separate ticket, as regular PID tickets are not valid on board.

Prague uses a time-based ticket system: a single ticket is valid for a set period and covers any number of transfers between metro, tram and bus. On January 1, 2026 the network introduced a new PID fare, under which the digital ticket via the app is slightly cheaper than the paper ticket. The most important Prague Metro tickets at a glance (paper price / app price):

Prices as of July 2026 (new PID fare from January 1, 2026); source: DPP price list and pid.cz. USD values converted at the rate 1 CZK = $0.047 (as of July 2026). Children up to 15 and seniors from 65 travel free in Prague (with proof of age); those aged 60 to 65 pay half fare. Where to buy: the official “PID Lítačka” app (published by the City of Prague) or vending machines and counters in the stations.

You can pay in the PID Lítačka app by bank card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. At the metro entrances you can also pay contactlessly right at the reader (open payment) with a bank card or smartphone; no separate ticket is then required.

Anyone traveling without a valid ticket pays a 1,200 CZK (≈ $56.40) fine on the spot; if paid later it rises to as much as 2,000 CZK (≈ $94.00). The SMS ticket is the most expensive option: 30 minutes cost 42 CZK (≈ $1.97) and 90 minutes 55 CZK (≈ $2.59), and it works only with a Czech mobile number.

All three lines run daily from around 05:00 to midnight. At peak times trains arrive every two to four minutes, and off-peak every five to ten minutes, so waiting is rarely an issue.

There is no dedicated metro night service. Between midnight and around 04:30 the night network takes over: the night trams 91-99 every 30 minutes, with a central transfer at the Lazarská stop, plus night buses 901-917 and regional buses 951-960. The regular PID fare applies, with no night surcharge.

The network keeps growing: Line D (blue) will be Prague’s fourth metro line. It is set to connect Náměstí Míru with the Písnice depot, running 10.6 kilometers with 10 stations, fully automatic and driverless, with platform screen doors.

The first construction section, Pankrác to Olbrachtova, is structurally well advanced; the main construction of the second section, Olbrachtova to Nové Dvory (three new stations), started in June 2026 and is scheduled to take 72 months. The line is being built by a consortium of Subterra, HOCHTIEF CZ, HOCHTIEF Infrastructure and BeMo Tunneling for around 29.99 billion CZK (≈ $1.41 billion), excluding VAT. The DPP gives the second half of 2032 for the first operating section, Pankrác to Nové Dvory (press release dated June 19, 2026); the full build-out to Náměstí Míru and Písnice will follow later, and the operator has not yet named a fixed date (media reports suggest around 2036).

So for your visit, continue to plan around the three existing lines.

Fun Fact: At around 53 meters deep, Náměstí Míru station on Line A is the deepest metro station in Prague. Its escalator, reportedly 87 meters long, is the longest in the entire European Union: it climbs 43.5 vertical meters over 533 steps, and the ride takes 2 minutes and 21 seconds. Anyone getting on or off here also completes, quite incidentally, the longest escalator ride in the EU.