Ok, I keep reading about VALIDATING tickets on Prague transit.
Here's how to do it & also the consequences of forgetting to do it!!!!!!!!!
800 CZK equates to over $50 fine for not validating.
Ticket validation
Tickets are to be inserted in the validating machine in the direction of the printed arrow, face (arrow) upwards. On trams and buses, validating machines are installed on the support bars next to the door; on the metro and funicular railway, validating machines are located at the entrance to the compulsory ticket area.
The ticket is valid only if validated in the validating machine or accompanied by the relevant transport operator coupon and with all required and permanently legible data completed. The validity period of any single ticket or short-term season ticket commences at the moment of validation and terminates after the relevant period. Time spent waiting while changing lines or routes is also included in the validity period.
Should the validity period expire during the journey, a new ticket must be validated. Tickets are validated in validating machines immediately upon boarding the vehicle and/or entering the area of the metro/funicular railway station for the first time (tickets are not validated again when changing). The validity period of other season tickets is specified on the coupon (ticket).
Ticket inspection
Ticket validity can be inspected by ticket inspectors of Prague Public Transit Co. Inc at any time during the journey or period spent within the compulsory ticket area.. Ticket inspectors on PIT (Prague Integrated Transport) vehicles and within the compulsory ticket area are entitled to give instructions to passengers for the sake of safety and smooth flow of traffic, ask passengers to produce valid tickets, and take away invalid tickets.
When they catch a passenger travelling without a valid ticket, they will impose a fine of CZK 800,-. This is reduced to CZK 400,- in the case of on-the-spot payment or payment at the cash office of the Prague Public Transit Co. Inc. Failure to pay the luggage transportation fare (a CZK 13,- transfer ticket) results in a penalty of CZK 200,-.
In case of failure to pay the imposed penalty on the spot, the passenger is obliged, under the Law No. 111/1994 Coll. and No. 266/1994 Coll., as amended, to produce their personal data to the ticket inspector, this data being name, surname, birth certificate number or date of birth, and the permanent address stated in an ID card that has been issued to them by an official administrative body. If the passenger is unable to prove their identity, they are obliged to stay at a specified place until the police arrive at the scene, or to be taken by the inspector to a public administration office to confirm their identity as requested by the ticket inspector. The relevant ticket inspector issues a receipt or an acknowledgement confirming the withdrawal of a season ticket. Ticket inspectors identify themselves by an inspection badge labeled “Dopravní podnik hl.m. Prahy, akciová společnost – přepravní kontrola” and a four-digit identification number. Upon a passenger’s request, all ticket inspectors are obliged to produce their service card, which has their photograph and a number identical to that on the badge.
(Courtesy of the Prague Public Transit Co.)