Busan station

Busan station (Korean: 부산역) is a train station in Busan, South Korea. It is the southern terminus of the Gyeongbu Line & the Gyeongbu high-speed railway, the most important railway lines in the country, which links Busan with Seoul in around two and a half hours on KTX, Korea's high-speed rail train.^[1][2][3] There are also cheaper, slower rail alternatives to seoul, including the "Mugungwha" Train, which takes over four hours. Essentially all trains to Seoul stop in a few settlements between the two cities. It is also an underground station on Busan Metro Line 1 between Jungang and Choryang stations. The station is centrally located in the Choryang-dong (neighbourhood) of Dong-gu (ward) in Busan.

부산 Busan 釜山
The main terminal for Busan Station
Korean name
Hangul	부산역
Hanja	釜山驛
Revised Romanization	Busan-yeok
McCune–Reischauer	Pusan-yŏk
General information
Location	206 Jungang-daero, Dong District, Busan
Coordinates	35.11520°N 129.04137°E / 35.11520; 129.04137
Operated by	Korail
Line(s)	Gyeongbu Line Gyeongbu High Speed Railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	9
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	1 April 1908; 116 years ago (1908-04-01)
Services Preceding station Following station Ulsan towards Seoul or Haengsin Gyeongbu KTX Terminus Ulsan towards Suseo Suseo SRT Sasang towards Seoul Mugunghwa-ho

Construction

Main station entrance

Construction of the new KTX Busan terminal began in 2001 and was completed in 2003. The new station covers 24,646 square meters (265,290 square feet) and it is equipped with up-to-date automatic ticket vending machines, 11 elevators, 10 escalators, PC area, waiting and vending areas.^[4] Western shop franchises in the station include a Tom&Tom's, a "Subway" sandwich shop, and a Weeny beenys.

The entire convex curved front of the structure is glass covered construction and the station is considered an architecturally significant building.^[5]

The main entrance opens up to a large park-like area surrounding the front of the station to the west.

Platforms

Platform No.	Line	Train	Destination	Other
1	Gyeongbu Line	ITX-Saemaeul	For Gupo·Dongdaegu·Daejeon·Seoul
3·4	Gyeongbu Line	Mugunghwa-ho	For Dongdaegu·Daejeon·Seoul
5·6	Gyeongbu Line·Gyeongbu High Speed Railway	KTX	For Gupo·Miryang·Dongdaegu·Daejeon·Seoul·Haengsin
8·9	Gyeongbu Line·Gyeongbu High Speed Railway	KTX	For Ulsan·Gyeongju·Dongdaegu·Daejeon·Seoul·Haengsin	Some KTX Trains run via Suwon or Yeongdeungpo which are stations on the non-KTX Gyeongbu Line
10·13	Gyeongbu Line·Gyeongbu High Speed Railway	KTX·ITX-Saemaeul·Mugunghwa-ho	Exit only

Metro station

Busan Station
Exit 8
General information
Coordinates	35.115229°N 129.039702°E / 35.115229; 129.039702
Operated by	Busan Transportation Corporation
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	113
History
Opened	15 May 1987; 37 years ago (1987-05-15)
Services
Preceding station Busan Metro Following station Jungang towards Dadaepo Beach Line 1 Choryang towards Nopo

Busan station of Busan Metro has two side platforms serving two tracks.

Platforms

Up	●Line 1	For Jungang・Nampo・Dadaepo Beach
Down	●Line 1	For Seomyeon・Yeonsan・Dongnae・Nopo

• Platform numbers are not assigned.

See also

• Transportation in South Korea

References

1. "asian-efl-journal". Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
2. "seoulbysubway". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
3. "railway-technology". Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
4. "lifeinkorea-Travel2". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
5. "Busan Station". glasssteelandstone.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2010.

External links

• Korail Railroad station (in Korean)
• KTX & other Trains: Busan Metropolitan Government
• Metro of busan - busan official site
• (in Korean) Cyber station information from Busan Transportation Corporation