Chairlift at the ZOO

The chairlift is in operation daily from 22nd March to October 2008, daily except Monday and Friday, from 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., weather permitting.

The fare is CZK 15 for those 6 or older (children up to 6 can travel on the chairlift free of charge). Tickets are dispensed from ticket vending machines at the upper and lower stations only upon deposit of coins. The vending machines don't return change, and banknotes can be changed by the chairlift operators. To speed up service for groups of passengers, it is possible to purchase a group ticket for 6 or more persons.

You can get to the ZOO on bus No. 112 from the Nádraží Holešovice (Holešovice Train Station) station on metro line C.

Chairlift at the ZOO – A Brief History

The construction of a chairlift at the Prague ZOO was already being considered in the 1960s. Construction commenced in 1970, and the chairlift wasn't put into service until 1977. The owner of the chairlift was the Prague ZOO, and the operator was the Central Bohemia Park of Culture and Leisure. In 1978 it was shut down due to serious technical problems. It wasn't put back into service until 1981, and the operator of the chairlift at the Prague ZOO became the Prague Public Transport Company.

Chairlift at the ZOO – Technical Parameters

• Inclined length of track: 105.9 m
• Inspection speed: 0.167 m/s
• Vertical rise: 50.1 m
• Motor output: 725 RPM/13 kW
• Average gradient: 28º12'
• Passenger capacity: 720 persons
• No. of supports: 4
• Year of mfg.: 1970
• No. of seats: 60
• First commissioned: 1977
• Transport speed: 0.85 m/s
• Operated by Prague Public Transport Co., a. s.: since 1981