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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:14 am Post subject: Seoul to Gwangju by Bus |
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Heading to Gwangju (Jeolla) this weekend, and wondering which bus terminal to leave from.
I heard that it's 3.5 hours by bus, and longer by train, is this correct?
Cheers. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| Express Bus terminal. It takes 4- 4 1/2 hours depending on traffic. KTX is like 2hrs 45 minutes but costs more. |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:32 am Post subject: |
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Depending on where in Seoul you are you might be better off leaving from Bucheon Terminal (Songnae station).
Yongsan KTX or slow-train is about three hours, and gets you right close to downtown gwangju. The Bus Terminal is not quite so close to downtown, but still pretty close.
Bus is more comfy. Seats recline.
Train=not so comfy, IMO...seats don't recline on the KTX now, unless you go the 56 buck deLuxe seat. If you do that, you get free water and crappy snacks, though, and a newspaper.
Or if you're loaded you can fly from Gimpo for 78 bucks, and then subway into the city from Gwangju airport. Takes 35 minutes to fly. |
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hugekebab
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:43 am Post subject: Re: Seoul to Gwangju by Bus |
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| samd wrote: |
Heading to Gwangju (Jeolla) this weekend, and wondering which bus terminal to leave from.
I heard that it's 3.5 hours by bus, and longer by train, is this correct?
Cheers. |
2.5 hours by ktx 4-4.5 by bus. get ktx worth the little extra it costs (37,500) |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Express Bus terminal. It takes 4- 4 1/2 hours depending on traffic. KTX is like 2hrs 45 minutes but costs more. |
Actually, 3 1/2 hours is more typical for the bus ride from the Express Bus Terminal. But sometimes, it has taken as long as 4 1/2 hours, but this almost always happens during the holidays. Otherwise, expect a 3 1/2 hour bus ride. Finally, if you leave very late at night or very early in the morning when there is basically no traffic, the bus ride time goes down to 3 hours. |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:46 am Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot for the replies.
Might try taking the KTX, it doesn't seem too expensive for the time saving. |
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