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Daegu (TAE): buy the intercity bus ticket before you board

The airport lists buses, subway, limousine buses and taxis. Intercity bus tickets must be bought in advance from a machine or the app.

  • The airport lists four kinds of public transport: bus, subway, limousine bus and taxi.
  • Both city buses and intercity buses call at the passenger terminal.
  • Intercity bus tickets must be bought before boarding, from a ticket machine or through an app.
  • The published bus fare is the fare to the final destination. For intermediate stops, check the national bus portal at bustago.or.kr.
  • The address is 221 Gonghang-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu.
  • The general airport information line is 1661-2626, and the Daegu operations office is on 053-980-5318.
  • Gumi and Gyeongju are within about 60 minutes by road, via the Gyeongbu expressway and the Palgongsan interchange.
  • Pohang and the east coast are also about 60 minutes, via the Daegu to Pohang expressway.

What runs

  • Korea Airports Corporation lists bus, subway, limousine bus and taxi as the public transport at Daegu.
  • The passenger terminal is served by both city buses and intercity buses.
  • A limousine bus category is listed separately from the ordinary city services.

The ticketing rule

  • Intercity bus tickets must be issued in advance. You cannot simply board and pay. Use the unmanned ticket machine or book through an app.
  • This catches out arrivals who are used to tapping a card on a city bus.
  • Published base fares are for the final destination. Fares to intermediate stops are on the national portal, bustago.or.kr.

Getting further afield

  • Gumi and Gyeongju: about 60 minutes by road, on the Gyeongbu expressway via the Palgongsan interchange.
  • Pohang and the east coast: about 60 minutes, via the Daegu to Pohang expressway.
  • Haeinsa and western Gyeongnam: about 60 minutes.
  • Andong and northern Gyeongbuk: about 90 to 120 minutes, via the Jungang expressway.

The airport

  • The address is 221 Gonghang-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu.
  • It shares its runway with a Republic of Korea Air Force base, which constrains its operating hours.
  • A replacement airport in Gunwi and Uiseong counties has been agreed, which will eventually move civil traffic out of the city.

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