The Busan Metro opened in the summer of 1985. The second most populous city in South Korea was in desperate need of a subway, as the problem with traffic jams caused constant interruptions in the operation of vehicles.
Today, there are five lines in Busan metro, the total length of which is 132 kilometers. For entry-exit and transfers, passengers can use 128 stations. Busan subway lines cross the city in various directions and connect the western and eastern outskirts with the center, north and south. The four subway lines are full-fledged underground routes, each of which is color-coded on the diagrams. Another branch is light rail.
Line 1 is marked in yellow and connects Shinpyeong and Nopho stations. It was opened the very first, it stretches for 32 kilometers and includes 34 stations. The "yellow" line runs from the north, crosses the city center, descends to the south, where it makes a turn towards the west.
Line 2 was commissioned in 1999 and is marked in green. Its length is 45 kilometers, there are 43 stations on the route, the terminal is Changsan and the suburb of Yangsan. The Green Route connects northwest to the city center and then continues south, southeast and east.
The third line of the Busan metro is light brown on the schemes and connects the west, center and southeast of the city. Its length is 18 kilometers, and 17 stations, opened in 2005, receive passengers.
The shortest line is blue. It runs from the center to the east and is 12 kilometers long. For the needs of passengers on the "blue" route, commissioned in 2011, 14 stations are open.
Line 5, which is a light rail, is marked in purple on the diagrams. It starts at the northwestern outskirts of the city, goes to the center and turns south and then east. You can change to it from the "yellow" and "green" routes of the Busan metro.
Busan subway tickets
To travel on the Busan subway, you must purchase travel documents from machines at the stations. The cost of the trip depends on the zone in which the station needed by the passenger is located. There is an English version on the ticket vending machine menu. Station names on Busan subway maps are also duplicated in English.
