Yeosu Cable Car Day Trip 2026: KTX Times, Cable Car Hours, and the Last Train Back to Seoul

Bottom line: Yeosu is about 2 hours 50 minutes from Seoul Station by KTX, close enough for a public-transit day trip. Get off at Yeosu-expo Station, take a taxi or city bus to the Yeosu Cable Car (about 1.5km, running 09:30-21:30) linking Dolsan Park and Jasan Park, ride it out over the water and back, then be back at Yeosu-expo Station by 7pm at the latest to catch a train to Seoul.

If you didn't know: on many days, the last KTX from Yeosu-expo Station back to Seoul Station leaves sometime in the evening around 7pm, depending on the schedule. Miss it and there's no way back to Seoul that night — you'd be stuck waiting for the first train the next morning (around 5:05am, taking about 3 hours 16 minutes to Seoul), which means staying in Yeosu an extra night. Setting lodging aside, that's one more one-way KTX fare you have to pay, somewhere between 27,600 and 47,500 won depending on the time slot and seat class.

Step off at Yeosu-expo Station and the first thing that hits you is the salty sea breeze and the brine-tinged smell of the harbor. The cable car runs between the Dolsan Park and Jasan Park stations, carrying you over Yeosu's bay with Jangundo Island and Dolsan Bridge passing underneath; it comes in a standard cabin and a crystal cabin with a see-through floor, so if heights bother you, stick with the standard one. Gliding over the water standing up as the sun goes down feels far more intense in person than any photo of it.

Timing is everything on a day trip. The usual plan is an early KTX down from Seoul, an afternoon in Yeosu, the cable car ride at dusk, then timing your return to Yeosu-expo Station around the last train back to Seoul. KTX schedules shift by day of the week and season, though, so check the exact last-train time on the Korail Talk app or Korail's website before you set out.

Journey stage: During the trip · Verified 2026-10-13 · Source Korail, Yeosu Cable Car Co.