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Gimpo International Airport → AREX to Seoul Station → KTX train to Daejeon Station → IBS HQ

Gimpo International Airport → Seoul Station

• Subway Take an AREX (Airport Railroad Express) train at Gimpo International Airport Station across the street from the airport. The subway station is a hub with several subway lines so please confirm you are entering at the correct gate. AREX trains take 20 minutes, cost around KRW 1,600 with a refundable KRW 500 for a single journey ticket, leave roughly every 7 minutes, have seats like traditional subways, and ride until the last stop (Seoul Station). First train leaves around 5:40 AM and last train leaves at 12:15 AM. Timetables and updated information are available at the AREX website.

Seoul Station → Daejeon Station

• Bullet train Follow the crowds up 1 small escalator, 1 long escalator, scan your transit card, if you have a single journey ticket then refund it in the separate refund machine, 2 more escalators, and now you are in the west side of Seoul Station. Tickets for the KTX bullet trains can be purchased by tellers, by machine, or online at http://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizBfTicketSearch.do Online orders conducted in English must be claimed in person with your passport as identification before you ride the train. If you order your ticket via the English website but do not claim the ticket in person, your reservation is seen as unfulfilled and your seat could be resold to another customer. For train times please see the website link.
  
  Standard seats cost KRW 24,000 and first class seats costs KRW 35,000 and are sometimes discounted. Travel time is roughly one hour depending on the number of stops in route. Tickets do occasionally sell out, but trains run every 10 to 20 minutes. Please see the website above for current timetables. Train types other than KTX exist but take two hours to travel to Daejeon and do not run as often.

Daejeon Station → Institute for Basic Science (IBS) HQ

• Taxi We strongly recommend that you take a taxi to get to IBS upon your arrival at Daejeon Station. Once arriving at Daejeon Station, go out the front entrance (Exit 1) and get a taxi from the line of taxis waiting near the entrance. The distance is 8 km, driving time is 18 minutes, and the fare is around KRW 8,000.
  
  To avoid any potential confusion with a taxi driver, we recommend you say “hello” in Korean when entering the taxi (Ann-young-ha-say-oh) and then show them this note in Korean stating you wish to visit IBS.

• Bus Although time-consuming, it is possible to reach IBS by bus. Depending on traffic, the bus ride will take more than 1 hour and cost KRW 1,250 with T-money or Cashbee transit card or KRW 1,400 with cash. Once arriving at Daejeon Station, go out the front entrance (Exit 1) and walk until you reach the street. Turn right and walk another 60 meters until you reach a bus top. Ride bus 606 or 705 and exit the bus at Expo Science Park.

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