Prague
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Offices to Serve You Abroad
Czechoslovak Airlines (ČSA), Revoluční 1, Praha 1 (Phone: 231 7395), and a variety of other carriers link Prague with Brno and Ostrava. Though not cheap, especially when compared with the train or bus, they are useful when you want to get somewhere quickly. Trains
Czech Railways (Československé Stání Dráhy, ČSD, Phone: 236 4441 or 264 930) run rychlík which stop only at major towns and osobní calling at every station. Services to north and east Bohemia depart from Masarykovo nádraží; routes to the south are from Smíchovské nádraží. River Boats
From April to September cruise boats chug up and down the Vltava River, as far as Troja Château in the north of Prague and Slapy Lake in the south. The Prague Steamship Company (Pražská paroplavební služba, Phone: 298 309) is the main operator. Most tours start from Paroplavební pier. Metro
Prague's metro is clean, fast and cheap. There are three lines: A (green), Address: (yellow), C (red). Trains run 5am to 12 midnight, every 2 minutes peak times (5 to 10 minutes other times). The letter 'M' with a downward arrow marks a station entrance. For information (also trams and buses) Phone: 2422 5135. Trams/Buses
After the metro, trams (tramvaje) are the fastest way of getting around Prague. There are 23 lines running every 6 to 8 minutes peak times (10 to 15 minutes other times). Buses (autobusy) are of little use as they mainly keep out of the centre. There is one ticket for the metro, tram and bus.
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