There are 7 ways to get from Edinburgh to Busan by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane GLA - PUS
20h 39m₩550,001–3,084,299Fly Edinburgh Airport to Ulsan Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ulsan Airport (USN)plane EDI - USN
- Take the train from Ulsan Station to Busan Stationtrain
25h 4m₩500,452–2,358,952Fly Edinburgh Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane EDI - PUS
18h 31m₩570,452–2,720,752Fly Edinburgh Airport to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane EDI - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
22h 24m₩785,452–3,871,952Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sacheon Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sacheon Airport (HIN)plane EDI - HIN
- Take the bus from Jinju Intercity Bus Terminal to Busan Seobu Bus Terminalbus
23h 11m₩696,952–3,156,952Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane MAN - PUS
21h 15m₩719,003–3,183,327Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane MAN - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4bus
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
24h 30m₩776,503–2,089,527
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Busan is to train and fly and bus which costs ₩750,000 - ₩2100,000 and takes 24h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Busan is to fly which takes 18h 31m and costs ₩550,000 - ₩2800,000.
The distance between Edinburgh and Busan is 9068 km.
It takes approximately 20h 39m to get from Edinburgh to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 8h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:49 AM in Edinburgh and 10:49 AM in Busan.
There are 533+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Busan, South Korea?
Hainan, Air China, and Korean Air fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) 4 times a week.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,700,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Daegu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,700,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Daegu International Airport via Beijing Capital, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–3,900,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ulsan Airport via Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,500,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ulsan Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩480,000–2,300,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ulsan Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–2,300,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacheon Airport via Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–3,500,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacheon Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–3,200,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacheon Airport via Stockholm, Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–3,100,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,900,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,600,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,700,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,900,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,600,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–2,300,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,900,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,900,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,900,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ulsan Airport via Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,500,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ulsan Airport via Beijing Capital, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,600,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sacheon Airport via Beijing Capital, Seoul Gimpo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–3,500,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Incheon International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩440,000–1,700,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Frankfurt, Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–3,000,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ulsan Airport via Beijing Capital, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–2,600,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–3,200,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,400,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Incheon International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,200,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Incheon International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,500,000
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩41,000–75,000
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩15,000–42,600
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩15,000–22,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
- Economy Class
- ₩42,600
Train from Ulsan Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩7,500–12,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩7,500–11,000
- First Class
- ₩8,000–12,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
Train from Ulsan Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩8,000–36,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩8,000–36,000
- First Class
- ₩12,000–26,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩160,000–290,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +82 1644 2992
- Website
- bustago.or.kr
Bus from Jinju Intercity Bus Terminal to Busan Seobu Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩9,200–15,000
- Website
- https://www.bustago.or.kr/newweb/en/index.do
- Road
- ₩11,000–15,000
- Premium Intercity
- ₩12,000
- General
- ₩9,200
- Phone
- +82 1544 7788
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
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