Tagged: public transport
“Accessible” Way to the Metro – Longest Diversion Ever?
If you travel by wheelchair or with a pram and want do get on the Prague metro at the station Vltavská, you will have to count with a diversion that looks really ridiculous on...
Taking the Train or the Pram?
What does this sign tell us? A) How to get to the trains and the prams. B) Which way to take when you drive your locomotive or push a pram.
All-Rounder
This man is a real all-rounder: masseur, psychologist, therapist and ferryman. You can use his services in Prague on the river Vltava between Praha-Sedlec and Praha-Zámky – just down the hill from the famous...
Reverse Sightseeing Tour on a Lubricating Tram
What to do this weekend… How about a “reverse” sightseeing tour through Prague in your living room chair, watching the streets from Prague’s Lubricating Tram. That special train runs every day about 200 km...
What is a “Fíra”?
Maybe not what you think. In the “railway slang” it means “metro driver”, as you can read on this job advertisement.
A Classification of Prague’s Public Transport Passengers
I feel that after more than a decade of life in Prague, studying inhabitants and visitors alike, I may now consider myself sufficiently acquainted with the subject for an attempt to classify the most...
Do-It-Yourself Public Transport
On Tuesday, passengers lent a hand to push-start their tram. The train (model Škoda 15T, weighing 42 metric tons) had stopped exactly at a dead point between two overhead wires.
Woman Took Photos of (Almost) All Prague Metro Stations in 13 Hours
If you like Prague’s metro, you will love the photos of Kate Seabrook. She spent 13 hours taking pictures of metro stations – more than any other tourist. Her final verdict sounds positive: My...
What the Prague Metro Can Learn From Submarines
Since I have an appointment today in another part of Prague, I am thinking about ways how the Prague transport authorities could solve the problem with flooded metro tunnels in the most elegant manner.
Dedicated Space for Dating in Prague Metro
Probably by end of 2013, the Prague transport authorities will know what passengers think about their latest idea: They plan to turn the last wagon of each metro train into a dedicated room for...
Crowded: 225 Students in a Bus
Instead of the regular 150 passengers, students of the University of Agriculture in Prague managed to cram 225 people into a bus of the line 107. This event was not only fun but also...
Woman Overrun Twice by Metro
This drunken woman fell on the tracks at the station Hůrka and was overrun twice by metro trains. Surprisingly, she didn’t even notice it (just like the drivers) and got away entirely without injuries.
Smartphone App for Fare Dodgers
A typical encounter in Prague: Men in plain clothes waiting at the stairs or in the foot tunnels of metro stations, or walking through the trams to inspect tickets. Alone in Prague there are...
