For one traveler the Trolleybus 59 and metro A is cheaper by CZK 150. That does not change up to 8 travelers.
The Trolleybus 59 and metro A is quicker: 35 min against 47 min. The Airport Express (AE) varies between 30 and 47 minutes.
Trolleybus 59 and metro A: 04:22–23:32. Airport Express (AE): Runs all night.
Priced against each other
Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in CZK. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
Travelers
Trolleybus 59 and metro A
Airport Express (AE)
Difference
1
CZK 50
CZK 200
CZK 150
2
CZK 100
CZK 400
CZK 300
3
CZK 150
CZK 600
CZK 450
4
CZK 200
CZK 800
CZK 600
5
CZK 250
CZK 1,000
CZK 750
6
CZK 300
CZK 1,200
CZK 900
7
CZK 350
CZK 1,400
CZK 1,050
8
CZK 400
CZK 1,600
CZK 1,200
Side by side
Where each one leaves you
bus · DPP, on a PID ticketTrolleybus 59 and metro A
From
Stops "Terminál 1" and "Terminál 2", outside the arrivals halls; the ticket validators are on the platform
To
Nádraží Veleslavín in 17 minutes, then metro A: Staroměstská in 8 more, Můstek in 9 to 10, Muzeum in 11
Luggage
Free up to 25 × 45 × 70 cm; a larger bag needs a luggage ticket (CZK 25, or 23 in the app) with a 30- or 90-minute fare, and travels free with a 24- or 72-hour ticket. The 24-metre trolleybuses have a baggage area; the metro does not.
Runs
04:22–23:32
Journey
35 min
Buy the 90-minute ticket, not the 30-minute one: 17 minutes on the trolleybus plus nine or ten on the metro, plus the change, does not fit in 30.
Stamp a paper ticket once, at the airport stop before boarding — the validators are on the platform, not on the vehicle. An app ticket must be activated at least 60 seconds before you board.
Tickets: machines at the stops (cards accepted), the DPP info centres in both arrivals halls (daily 07:00–21:00), contactless terminals on board, or the PID Lítačka app.
A checked-size suitcase is over the free limit and needs a CZK 25 luggage ticket; PID's airport page says CZK 20. Either way it is the same time validity as your own ticket.
It was bus 119 until 6 March 2024, when the trolleybuses took over; older guides still say 119.
Change at Nádraží Veleslavín, the trolleybus terminus: the metro is beneath the same forecourt.
shuttle · DPP, on its own fareAirport Express (AE)
From
Terminal 1 only, directly outside the arrivals hall — toward the city it does not call at Terminal 2
To
Hlavní nádraží, the main station, at a temporary stop in Opletalova street; the night trips also set down at Náměstí Republiky
Luggage
Free; a coach with luggage space, and the tariff lists hand luggage up to 90 × 60 × 40 cm as carried free.
Runs
All night
Journey
30–47 min
The express takes 47 minutes on weekday daytime runs (37 early/late, 34 late evening, 30 at night) — no faster than the trolleybus-and-metro's roughly 35 minutes, for four times the price.
Nothing you already hold works on it: not a 24- or 72-hour ticket, not a pass, not an SMS ticket. Children under 15 pay CZK 100 here and nothing on the ordinary network.
It runs all night, hourly: 00:37, 01:37, 02:37 and 03:37 from Terminal 1, then 04:35 and 05:35, then every 20 to 30 minutes by day. The longest wait is the 62 minutes between 23:35 and 00:37.
At the main station its stops are in Opletalova street, about 50 metres past the Jeruzalémská junction, until the Wilsonova roadworks end — expected November 2026. The airport's page still describes the old stop outside the Fanta building.
The night departures set down at Náměstí Republiky 20 minutes out, where the night trams meet; the daytime ones run non-stop.
Boarding is through the front door only; buy from the driver if you have no ticket.
The timetable in force is dated 31 August to 4 October 2026; a new one applies from 5 October.
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