PUS to Busan Station (City Center)

Busan's main train station near the city center, with KTX connections to Seoul and BEXCO.

Busan Station sits at the heart of South Korea's second-largest city and serves as the terminus for the KTX high-speed trains from Seoul (2 hours 30 minutes). The station area in Jung-gu district is the traditional commercial center of Busan, where the modern city grew from its origins as Korea's largest port.

The area around Busan Station provides immediate access to several of the city's signature attractions. Texas Street, a remnant of the area's post-Korean War international character, and the adjacent Shanghai Street showcase the multicultural influences that shaped port-city Busan. Chinatown adds Asian fusion character to the neighborhood. The nearby Busan Modern History Museum, housed in a former Japanese colonial bank building, traces the city's 20th-century transformation.

Busan Station is also the gateway to the spectacular Gamcheon Culture Village — a hillside neighborhood of vibrantly painted houses, street art, and galleries that has been dubbed the "Machu Picchu of Busan." The Nampo-dong shopping district and BIFF Square (Busan International Film Festival venue), with its street food stalls selling hotteok (sweet pancakes) and eomuk (fish cakes), are a short walk south.