--- title: "Busan to Seoul – 4 ways by train, plane, car | Mixroutes" description: "Busan to Seoul is 330 km. Fastest: train in 2h 48m. Cheapest: drive from ₩44,800. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/busan-to-seoul" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/busan-to-seoul.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Seoul%2C_South_Korea_2002_World_Cup_young_people_watching_the_game.jpg/1920px-Seoul%2C_South_Korea_2002_World_Cup_young_people_watching_the_game.jpg" --- ![Seoul](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Seoul%2C_South_Korea_2002_World_Cup_young_people_watching_the_game.jpg/1920px-Seoul%2C_South_Korea_2002_World_Cup_young_people_watching_the_game.jpg) # How to get from Busan to Seoul [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Busan&to=Seoul) [Seoul to Busan](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/seoul-to-busan) [Whoisgalt (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seoul%2C_South_Korea_2002_World_Cup_young_people_watching_the_game.jpg) **Fastest:** 2h 48m\ by train, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ₩44,800\ by car\ **Distance:** 330 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 3\ from 08:00, Wed 11 Nov\ ## 4 ways to travel 330 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 11 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best₩32,500 cheaper than flying and about as quick. - [**Train** best fastest Least hassle 2h 48m₩60,300–83,720 Estimated every 10 min · 코레일](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Busan&to=Seoul) - [**Fly** 3h 41m₩92,550–137,050 Estimated PUS → GMP · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Busan&to=Seoul) - [**Drive** cheapest 5h 8m₩44,800–59,750 Estimated 401 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Busan&to=Seoul) - [**Taxi** 5h 8m₩299,000–448,000 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Busan&to=Seoul) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [09:11 → 11:59 2h 48m · direct 코레일 KTX₩60,300–83,720](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Busan&to=Seoul&date=2026-11-11&time=08%3A00&it=t1k3cbw1) 2. [09:22 → 12:26 3h 4m · direct 코레일 KTX₩60,300–83,720](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Busan&to=Seoul&date=2026-11-11&time=08%3A00&it=t12pw9lt) 3. [10:13 → 13:10 2h 57m · direct 코레일 KTX₩60,300–83,720](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Busan&to=Seoul&date=2026-11-11&time=08%3A00&it=tdtkn4g) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Busan to Seoul? The fastest way is by train: about 2h 48m door to door. The straight-line distance is 330 km. What is the cheapest way from Busan to Seoul? Driving is the cheapest, from ₩44,800. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. Is there a direct train from Busan to Seoul? Yes. Of the trains we read from 08:00, 3 are direct, the fastest taking 2h 48m; more may run later in the day. Fares run ₩60,300–83,720 across classes. How long is the flight from Busan to Seoul? About 1h 6m in the air (PUS → GMP); about 3h 41m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ₩92,550–137,050; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Seoul from Busan by road? About 401 km, roughly 5h 8m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ₩44,800–59,750; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - 코레일 Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Seoul Capital and largest city of South Korea Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea, and the largest city in the whole of Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, behind New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, and London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. 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