Fastest€41.04
- Korea Railroad KR749314:332h 18m16:51Seoul StationBusan station
Door to door 3h 2mCO2 10.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Seoul to Busan train
Trains from Seoul to Busan start at €43.24 and take 3h 2m at their fastest.
The Trains from Seoul to Busan starts at €43.24 and takes 3h 2m door to door, run by 1 operator over 330 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 2mDoor to door
- 2h 18mMoving
- €43.24From
- 10.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Korea Railroad | €36.09 | 3h 1m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Busan is not something we sell.
A room in Busan for the night the train gets in
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When to book Seoul to Busan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.0890 days
- €28.3960 days
- €29.4945 days
- €28.9430 days
- €39.0821 days
- €48.5214 days
- €58.557 days
- €56.193 days
- €73.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €73.89, 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.
- €46.16Sun
- €40.26Mon
- €39.67Tue
- €41.44Wed
- €50.29Thu
- €47.34Fri
- €48.52Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Seoul
Rail
- Seoul Station
- Guri Station
- Mangu Station
Busan
Rail
- Busan station
- Busanjin Station
- Busansinhang Station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 330 km against 330 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Seoul at 06:04 and the last at 21:33, across 12 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 2m | 2h 18m | 44m | €43.24 | 10.9 kg | 12 |
| Flight | 4h 1m | 51m | 3h 10m | €39.67 | 83.6 kg | 56 |
Questions about Seoul to Busan
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Seoul to Busan take?
The Train from Seoul to Busan takes 3h 2m door to door, of which 2h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 330 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 Seoul to Busan cost?
The Train from Seoul to Busan starts at €43.24 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €42.42. 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 Seoul to Busan?
1 operators run the Train from Seoul to Busan: Korea Railroad. Between them they file around 12 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 Seoul to Busan use?
The Train from Seoul to Busan leaves from Seoul Station and arrives at Busan 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 Seoul to Busan?
Traveling from Seoul to Busan by Flight costs €39.67 and takes 4h 1m door to door, against 3h 2m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Seoul to Busan?
Fares for the Train from Seoul to Busan bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 160 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Seoul to Busan produce?
The Train from Seoul to Busan produces about 10.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 330 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Seoul to Busan?
Operators on the Train from Seoul to Busan publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 2m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Seoul to Busan on September 12, 2026: 330 km of route against 330 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €43.24, and 3h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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