BTS WORLD TOUR ‘ARIRANG’ IN GOYANG

Getting back after the show

• The crush is the walk: it can take 30 minutes to cover the stretch from the stadium to Daehwa Station with the whole crowd moving at once. Build that into your timing, not just the train ride.
• The trap on Line 3 is the destination, not the clock. On a weeknight the last departures from Daehwa are 22:54 to Ogeum, then 23:04 and 23:22 to Suseo, 23:40 to Dogok, and 00:03 to Yaksu. Every one of those runs through Jongno 3-ga, so central Seoul stays reachable later than most guides admit. The two that strand people are 23:52 and 00:14, which both stop at Samsong, four stops out and still in Goyang. Read the destination on the front of the train before you get on.
• Weekend and holiday service ends earlier and hides a nastier version of the same trap. The last train that reaches central Seoul is 23:03, terminating at Yaksu, and before it you have 22:25 to Ogeum, 22:34 to Suseo and 22:44 to Dogok. After 23:03 two trains are still sitting on the board and neither one helps: 23:20 stops at Gupabal and 23:36 stops at Samsong. Gupabal is the cruel one, because it is technically Seoul, so it looks like the right train while leaving you in the far northwest with the subway shut.
• GTX-A is the real backup. Its last train from Kintex Station to Seoul Station runs much later, near 00:42, and on concert days the city adds shuttle buses between Kintex Station and the stadium to pull people off the Daehwa bottleneck. That route saves you when Line 3 is done.
• Direct buses from Daehwa beat a transfer: 1000 to Gwanghwamun, 9700 to Gangnam, 1500 and 9707 to Yeongdeungpo, with last departures between about 22:40 and midnight. Taxis are hit or miss here since some drivers only want long-distance fares, so have the bus or GTX plan ready before you need it.