Is the Daejeon metro to bus transfer free?

With a transit card, a zone 1 metro trip and a city bus transfer is a free transfer system and with a village bus a transfer discount system, within 30 minutes of getting off and up to three transfers (the metro only once).

Where can I top up a T-money card in Daejeon?

Cards are sold and loaded at the 22 Daejeon metro stations, and the operator says only T-money prepaid cards can be loaded there.

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How much is the subway in Daejeon? Distance zones, card vs ticket fares and bus transfers

Q: How much is the subway in Daejeon?

An adult pays ₩1,550 with a transit card for trips up to 10 km (zone 1) and ₩1,650 beyond 10 km (zone 2); a single ticket is ₩1,700 and ₩1,800. Teens pay ₩880 or ₩960 on a card and children ₩550 or ₩600, per the Daejeon Transportation Corporation.

Numbers checked against the official source on 2026-10-19

Daejeon Metro charges by distance zone from the boarding station: an adult pays ₩1,550 with a transit card for the first 10 km (zone 1) and ₩1,650 beyond 10 km (zone 2). A single-use ticket costs ₩150 more (₩1,700 and ₩1,800). Teens pay ₩880 or ₩960 on a card, and children ₩550 or ₩600. Adults aged 65 and over ride free with an ID.

₩1,550Adult, card, zone 1 (up to 10 km)

₩1,650Adult, card, zone 2 (over 10 km)

₩1,700Adult, single ticket, zone 1

₩880Teen, card, zone 1

Fare table by zone

Daejeon Transportation Corporation fares, KRW. Zone 1: up to 10 km from the starting station. Zone 2: over 10 km.
Rider	Ticket	Zone 1	Zone 2	Note on the page
Adult (19 to under 65)	Transit card	1,550	1,650
	Single ticket (token)	1,700	1,800	Card fare plus 150
	3S card	1,400	1,500	8% bonus on the amount loaded
Teen (13 to under 19)	Transit card	880	960
	Single ticket (token)	1,700	1,800	Adult fare, no discount
	3S card	1,400	1,500	37% bonus on the amount loaded
Child (6 to under 13)	Transit card	550	600
Child (6 to under 13)	Discount ticket	600	650

Free: age 65 and over, disabled people, independence and national merit holders and similar groups, with an ID (one companion of a severely disabled person is included). Children under 6 ride free, but more than three infants travelling alone or with a guardian pay.
Groups of 20 or more on the same section and route pay the card fare times the number of people; one leader per 20 people is free.
The 3S card works on the metro only, not on buses.

Fare calculator

Distance from your starting station Rider Ticket Number of riders

The calculator only reads the table above. It does not handle age-based free rides, groups of 20 or more, or transfer discounts. Which zone your trip falls in depends on the distance from the starting station; the page gives no per-station list.

Transfers to city and village buses

Rules for zone 1 trips with a transit card
Combination	Rule
Metro (zone 1) and city bus	Free transfer system
Metro (zone 1) and village bus	Transfer discount system
Time and count	Within 30 minutes of getting off; limited to 3 transfers (metro transfers limited to 1)
Card needed	A transit card is required

The page also prints two fare-split tables (city bus with metro, and village bus with metro) that show how the fare is divided between the two legs. Their column headings do not read clearly, so we do not reproduce the numbers; open the official page for the split. It adds that a zone 2 trip costs an extra ₩100 for an adult, ₩80 for a teen and ₩50 for a child, which matches the fare table (derived arithmetic: ₩1,650 − ₩1,550 = ₩100, ₩960 − ₩880 = ₩80, ₩600 − ₩550 = ₩50).

Cards and where to load them

Prepaid cards accepted: T-money, Hanpay, Rail+, Cashbee and UPay, but only nationwide-compatible cards. Postpaid: BC, KB, Samsung, Shinhan, Lotte, Hyundai, NongHyup and Hana credit cards.
Cards are sold and loaded at 22 metro stations, and only T-money prepaid cards (including POP T-money) can be loaded there. See T-money price, top-up and refund.
Single and discount tickets are tokens valid for one trip on the Daejeon metro regardless of the purchase date.

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