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The Prague Public Transport Company, a.s. is the largest public transport operator in the Czech Republic. Each day in Prague and the surrounding region, it moves passengers using almost 2000 metro, tram and bus vehicles. This joint-stock company, whose 100% owner is the City of Prague, was founded in 1991, and follows an over century-long rich tradition established by its predecessors. The Prague Public Transpor Company, a.s. is a shareholder in businesses whose activities are related to transport.
The headquarters of the Prague Public Transport Company, a.s. are located at Sokolovská 217/192, Prague 9 – Vysočany.
The Prague Public Transport Company, a.s. devotes great attention to inprovining the quality of services, from its offering of tickets, network of sales points and ticket machines, transit timeliness, implementing of public transit preferences, P+R parking options, to overall communication with passengers.
The metro network forms the backbone of the entire public transport system, and passengers can utilise 54 stations on 54.9 km of track (as of 31 December 2006). In accordance with the trend to make transport accessible for disabled persons, recently commissioned stations are equipped with an elevator or barrier-free access. At older stations, if technical conditions permit, elevators are added. The Metro Wayside Unit also operates the chairlift at the ZOO in Prague's Troja area.
Tram operation takes place on 26 daytime and 9 night routes, with the overall length of routes in operation being 559.3 km (as of 31st December 2006). The Tram Operations Unit operates the Petřín funicular, and is the operator of the Public Transport Museum in the Strešovice depot.
Starting 3 March 2007, low-floor vehicles are deployed on certain tram routes; these vehicles will gradually be deployed on additional routes as well.
As of May 2007, 8 low-floor trams are in operation on 4 routes.
The Bus Operations Unit operates buses on 182 daytime and 13 night routes, with the overall length of routes in operation being over 2123.4 km (as of 31 December 2006).
For the disabled we operate 2 special transit routes. Regular barrier-free transport is available on 90 daytime inner-city routes, and during workdays a total of 279 low-floor buses are guaranteed to be deployed on them. With the creation and evolution of Prague Integrated Transport, the Prague Public Transport Company also participates in the operation of periphery „300 series" routes in the region and within Prague. (All information gathered as of 31st December 2006).
