Lítačka () is a municipal
smart card
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system in
Prague
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,
Czech Republic
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. Introduced in 2016, the card serves as an
electronic ticket
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Airline ticket
E-tickets in the airline industry were devised in about 1994, and ...
for all services of the
Prague Integrated Transport
Prague Integrated Transport (Czech: ''Pražská integrovaná doprava'', ''PID'') run by a city-owned agency called Regional Organiser of Prague Integrated Transport (ROPID), is an integrated public transport system in Prague.
Prague Integrate ...
system (
metro
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Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
,
trams
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,
buses
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, funiculars and ferries). It also serves as a replacement of a
library card
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for the
Municipal Library and the
National Library of Technology and have benefits for various discounts.
The card name was previously used for a travel ticket originated in the slang of Eastern
Bohemia
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. The name was chosen by the outcome of
social network
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s analysis, commissioned by the municipality to develop. In a survey that Praha has commissioned, 52.56 % of people choose the name "Lítačka".
In early 2016, electronic card Lítačka started to be issued as a replacement for
Opencard, which has been a major national controversy since its introduction in 2008. Compared with Opencard, for magistrate fell off payments for system maintenance and payments for each issued card. Opencard is not being issued since 2016 and its validity definitively ended in February 2020.
The contactless card is intended for both residents and visitors of Prague. Standard issuing fee for the first card is , express and online .
References
External links
Official website{{in lang, en
Fare collection systems in the Czech Republic
Contactless smart cards
Public transport in Prague
2016 introductions