Busan station 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. There are also cheaper, slower rail alternatives to Seoul, including the Mugunghwa service, 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 (neighborhood) of Dong-gu (ward) in Busan.

Construction

Construction of the new KTX Busan terminal began in 2001 and was completed in 2003. The new station covers 24646 m2 and it is equipped with up-to-date automatic ticket vending machines, 11 elevators, 10 escalators, PC area, waiting and vending areas. 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. The main entrance opens up to a large park-like area surrounding the front of the station to the west.

Platforms

Metro station

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

Platforms