Bus station at the railway station

Hello. I will have just a few minutes to take a bus number 504. Could You give me any advice, where exactly this bus stop is located?

One more thing, I will also have a few minutes to change 504 to 510 on the bus stop named I. P. Pavlova. In the timetable I can see info that at a I. P. Pavlova I need 3 minutes to change this buses. Does it mean that stops are located in different areas?

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Where are you going from and to? I.P Pavlova is also a metro stop, and therefore it will be necessary to walk from the metro to the corresponding bus stop, which takes c. 3 minutes. As for the situation thereof, it depends which direction you are going.

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Thank You for help and sorry that I haven%26#39;t written enough details.

About 4 a.m. on next Tuesday I will arrive by train to Prague. I am going to take 504 to I. P. Pavlova.

And direction that I would like to reach with 510 is Airport. It will be about 4:30 a.m.

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Which station are you arriving at? From Holesovice it is an 8 minute journey to I. P. Pavlova on line C and a 3 minute journey on bus 511, 504 or 505 from the main station, but it is very close and you could walk it in a few minutes! There are plenty of buses, even at that time of the morning, so if you miss one, just get the next one, and then at 4.40 the metros start running.

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I recall your flight takes off at 6.50 a.m. - so personally I would take a taxi, you really have not that much time to search for the right stop and miss the next bus.

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Thanks for advice.

It%26#39;s a very tight budget trip, so we will do all to ommit taxi.

We arrive on the main train station - Praha hlavní nádraží.

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I.P.Pavlova: The problem is, that you%26#39;re about catching the bus 505 in the opposite direction, so the stop can%26#39;t be the same one. Additionally, there are 2 main one-way streets Sokolska and Legerova, so the change takes about that 3 minutes.

You arrive here from the main station:

Loc: 50°4%26#39;29.31%26quot;N, 14°25%26#39;44.504%26quot;E

And should leave from there:

Loc: 50°4%26#39;31.004%26quot;N, 14°25%26#39;49.263%26quot;E

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At the station, the bus leaves from the roof of the so-called %26quot;lower hall%26quot; (where the cash-desks are located). That means you must NOT use the elevator/stairs downstairs, just leave the station by the side exit on your right (seems like the way to hell a little bit :) ) while approaching the upper hall from the platform-underpass (there are three of them, all do lead to this hall and nowhere else). After that, turn LEFT and then about 20 meters more use the stairs to the roof - although there might be signs %26quot;BUS%26quot; in both directions. You should stand between the parking place and the main street, seeng the station building (i.e. NOT between it and the main street, it%26#39;s the opposite direction).

For me it takes about 1-3 minutes from platforms to the bus. For you it may then be about 5 minutes. Be careful and buy the bus-tickets somewhere (for 26 CZK - sorry I don%26#39;t know where exactly, maybe only in the lower hall, maybe at the bus stop) - it might cost additional 5 minutes and you%26#39;ll need some coins. Not sure about buying it from the bus driver - he will not understand English and you%26#39;re making a dealy that way - and you do need a time for the change at IPP. :-)

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The 3 minutes is because the 504 will drop you on Sokolská, just past náměstí I. P. Pavlova. To get to the 510 stop you will have to walk back on yourself about 25 metres, cross over the road and go down the little side street to the end - the bus stop for the 510 should be almost exactly opposite on Legerova Street, outside the Restaurace Peking.

If you have heavy luggage, I hope you have wheels for it :) And you will need a ticket for your luggage as well - 13 Crowns per large item, and a 26 crown ticket per person. There just might be an inspector at that time of the morning!

You say that you are on a budget, but it may be an idea to put some by for a taxi, and make sure it is a proper one - use one of the taxi firms recommended in this forum and not one from the street. I never get taxis in Prague so I can%26#39;t advise you on that.

Good luck!