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Traveling without ticket Blackriding in Prague is easy and worth the risk (much cheaper). You can find controllers easily at: [http://www.farebandit.net/?city_id=1 Farebandit] In subway contollers usually (is not always) wear dark blue uniforms. If you see one or more of them getting in the wagonadvised, get out immediately. But they also stay in big groups (with city police) in stations' corridors or at the end of escalators. Do wide turns to see behind the corner and use classic stairs or elevator if possible. If they ocuppy one exit, carefully try next one or go to the next station. The most controlled stations as ticket inspectors are "I.P. Pavlova", "Florenc", "Muzeum" and "Můstek". In buses and trams they rarely wear uniforms but they don't check them often. If you get caught it depends on your acting skills and the controller. Being honest is another good way. Be polite but refuse to give him ID/passport (left more common than in a hostel etcyears past., acting as foreigner from non-EU country could help too). If he is solo or max. two of them, they often let you go, it's not worth the time. If not they They will call police or ask you have to go with them to the nearest police department to identify yourself. That can be just another try to scare you off to show ID. Consider running out when they least expect it (fine could be higher thena passport, up to 1500 czk/60 €). '''User Dante1919:''' "I travelled with metro three days in Prague with my backpack and etc. Never saw any kind of control and never had troubles with it. Mostly I was getting to central so called dangerous stations and nothing happened. As a master of black riding :) I can say, if you get caught just tell the controller that you refuse, they are travelling without money and they will leave very likely to take you alone. It worked for me in 5 different countries." ''Eshcar: My experience from September 2014 was bad. The controller came to us in the night tram, and even though we explained him there's no place to buy a ticket he insisted on either we'll give him a passport or we'll go to the police. Apparently, the police is going on these trams and there were a couple of them in the back of the tram, speaking no English. Shortly thereafter, on the next stop, who can demand immediate payment before they escorted us to the police station, and we ended up paying 800Kč each. After that we bought tickets, and got controlled a few more times. Obviously it's a matter of luck, but be sure that if they want the money from you they can take you to the station - and depends on how far will let you want to go with it - we gave up at the entrance to the station and went to withdraw the money."'' ''User Gallar:''' "I have been in prague thousands of times and I have exactly oposite experiences than Dante1919 does. I wouldn't recommending going black in Prague metro. They are often rude and in case of getting caught you have 99% chance of getting fee as there is no excuses working for them"
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Public transport network in Prague is really good, you can get in reasonable time almost anywhere at any time. Ticket costs: 30 minutes - 24 Kč (eur 1), 90 minutes - 32 Kč (~eur 1.30). If you plan to stay longer, you can buy a ticket for one day - 110 Kč (~eur 4.50) or three days - 310 Kč (~eur 12.60). You have to validate ticket when entering metro station, tram or bus. The fine for fare dodging is 800 Kč (~eur 32) if you pay it at that place or till15 days.
At metro stations you can find maps of Prague with public transport, this can be useful, because the lines are changing (especially bus lines). You can easily find a connection online at [http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/pid/spojeni/?lng=E IDOS] - works for the entire CR or alternatively for Prague only: [http://spojeni.dpp.cz/ConnForm.aspx?cl=E5 DPP].
