Busan Bus Terminals

Many cyclists arrive in Busan after completing their epic Seoul to Busan bike tour.  One of the biggest questions after giving your bum a rest and celebrating your achievement is how to get back to Seoul. There are 4 bus terminals in Busan, knowing which one to use can be very helpful.

• Closest bus terminal to the last certification center: SEOBU bus terminal
• Only bus terminal to go to Incheon airport: BUSAN CENTRAL bus terminal
• To smaller nearby cities DONGRAE intercity bus terminal
• To Seoul and smaller cities Haeundae Intercity bus terminals, discussed in a previous post.

FOR CLARIFICATION:

• Intercity bus terminals (시외버스터미널): serve cities in the immediate province or area and stops more than express buses.

• Express bus terminals (고속버스 터미널): serves main cities around the country with direct buses, not stopping at other cities.
• Many times a bus terminal have both above terminals inside one building.

Busan Central Bus Terminal (Nopo st.)

• Korean name: 부산종합버스터미널
• Location: Nopo subway station exit 3
• Destinations: Many big and small cities all over the country including, Incheon, Andong , Seoul and more. 
• Buses: Intercity and Express buses
• Time schedule: Express buses, 
• Website (Korean): http://www.bxt.co.kr/express_bus.html 
• Express bus website (Korean): http://www.dbterminal.co.kr/
• BUS TO SEOUL AVAILABLE (Arrive at East Seoul Terminal, Gangbyeon st, or Express Bus terminal in Gangnam)
• BUS TO INCHEON AIRPORT AVAILABLE (05:30 / 07:00 / 09:00 / 10:30  / 12:00 / 23:30 / 01:00 / 02:00 (night bus)

Seobu (West) Bus Terminal
​(Sasang st.) 

• Korean name: 부산서부버스터미널) 
• Location: Sasang subway station exit 5
• Closest bus terminal to the 4 river trails and the last certification center.
• Destinations: Many big and small cities all over the country 
• Buses: Intercity and Express buses
• Website (Korean): http://www.busantr.com/main/main.htm
• BUS TO SEOUL AVAILABLE (Arrive at Nambu station in Seoul)

Dongrae Intercity Bus terminal

• Korean: 동래시외버스터미널
• Location: Dongrae Subway station exit 3 (very close to a bike path)
• Destinations: Gimhae, Changwon, Jinju, Masan etc.
• Website: None that I could find
• NO BUS TO SEOUL

Online bus ticketing websites

Unfortunately many of these websites are in Korean, only works in Internet Explorer and only accepts Korean bank cards. If you use them, it's best to ask a Korean to help.  That said, just rocking up at any bus terminal and buying tickets on the spot is easy and there are usually more than enough available.

• National Intercity bus tickets : bustago, easyticket, busterminal, dongseoul
• National Express bus tickets: kobus

Pictures courtesy of Naver.com