Fastest€39.94
- Korea Railroad KR879615:371h 57m17:34Gwangju StationSeoul Station
Door to door 2h 41mCO2 8.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Gwangju to Seoul train
Trains from Gwangju to Seoul start at €31.14 and take 2h 41m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Gwangju to Seoul on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Gwangju to Seoul starts at €31.14 and takes 2h 41m door to door, run by 1 operator over 268 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 41mDoor to door
- 1h 57mMoving
- €37.74 to €80.09From
- 06:40 to 19:25First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 8.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€37.74 to €80.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €80.09Fri18
- about €77.34Sat19
- about €66.34Sun20
- about €44.89Mon21
- about €43.79Tue22
- about €48.19Wed23
- about €68.54Thu24
- about €45.99Fri25
- about €45.44Sat26
- about €44.89Sun27
- about €42.69Mon28
- about €37.74Tue29
- about €38.29Wed30
- about €49.84Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Korea Railroad | €28.39 | 2h 36m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Seoul. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Seoul for the night the train gets in
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When to book Gwangju to Seoul
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.0290 days
- €22.1760 days
- €22.1745 days
- €27.6730 days
- €29.3221 days
- €33.7314 days
- €41.987 days
- €45.833 days
- €57.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.17.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 161 percent. The dearest point is €57.93, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €30.43Sun
- €27.67Mon
- €26.57Tue
- €30.42Wed
- €33.73Thu
- €33.73Fri
- €30.97Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Gwangju
Rail
- Gwangju Station
- Namgwangju Station (defunct station)
- Noan Station
Seoul
Rail
- Seoul Station
- Guri Station
- Mangu Station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 81% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 19% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 268 km against 268 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cheonan, Osan, Iksan, Pyeongtaek. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Gwangju at 06:40 and the last at 19:25, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 41m | 1h 57m | 44m | €31.14 | 8.8 kg | 8 |
| Flight | 3h 56m | 46m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 67.9 kg | 12 |
Questions about Gwangju to Seoul
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Gwangju to Seoul take?
The Train from Gwangju to Seoul takes 2h 41m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 268 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Gwangju to Seoul cost?
The Train from Gwangju to Seoul starts at €31.14 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €38.29. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Gwangju to Seoul?
1 operators run the Train from Gwangju to Seoul: Korea Railroad. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Gwangju to Seoul use?
The Train from Gwangju to Seoul leaves from Gwangju Station and arrives at Seoul Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Gwangju to Seoul?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Gwangju to Seoul, at €31.14 and 2h 41m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Gwangju to Seoul?
Fares for the Train from Gwangju to Seoul bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.17. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Gwangju to Seoul produce?
The Train from Gwangju to Seoul produces about 8.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 268 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Gwangju to Seoul?
Operators on the Train from Gwangju to Seoul publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 41m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Gwangju to Seoul on 17 September 2026: 268 km of route against 268 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.14, and 2h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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