Seoul’s last train, night bus or a taxi.
Pick where you are and when you’re leaving. You’ll see the last trains from each station in each direction, the night buses that stop nearby and which way they go, and what a taxi will cost at that hour.
Where are you?Give or take ten minutes. Trains and buses can run up to ten minutes early or late, and a missed last train can’t be caught up. Plan ahead: aim for the train before the last one, and know your night bus or taxi backup before you head out.
Last trains
Night buses from here.
Seoul’s owl buses (심야버스) have an N in front of the number and cost 2,500 won by card. The times are the first and last departures from each end of the route, so a bus reaches the middle of the city later than that.
What a taxi costs at that hour.
Late-night surcharge (심야할증)
Getting one
- The hardest pickups are Gangnam Station, Hongik Univ. Station Exit 9 and Jongno, and Thursday and Friday nights are the worst.
- Walk a block or two off the main strip before you book. Drivers avoid the gridlock right outside the clubs.
- Kakao T is the main app. Uber books local taxis too, and K.ride signs you up without a Korean phone number.
- If a foreign card fails in Kakao T, choose to pay the driver directly.
- Leaving Seoul adds 20 percent on top.
Numbers to keep.
Getting home in Seoul, answered.
What time is the last subway in Seoul?
Monday to Friday nights, Seoul Metro lines run until about 1am, so the last trains leave the club districts between about 12:30 and 12:55am. Saturday, Sunday and holiday nights end about an hour earlier, with last trains around 11:30pm to midnight. The very last trains usually stop short of the end of the line.
Is Friday or Saturday the better night for late trains?
Friday. The late service runs Monday to Friday, so Friday night gets trains until about 1am. Saturday night runs on the weekend timetable and ends around midnight.
Which night bus goes from Hongdae to Itaewon?
N72. It runs from Eunpyeong through Hongdae, Sinchon and Gongdeok to Itaewon and Hannam, roughly every 20 to 45 minutes from 11:30pm.
How do I get from Hongdae to Seongsu after the trains stop?
N62 and N73 both run east from Hongdae through Sinchon and Euljiro to Seongsu and Konkuk. Between them there’s a bus roughly every 15 to 35 minutes until about 3:30am.
How much is the late-night taxi surcharge in Seoul?
20 percent from 10 to 11pm and from 2 to 4am, and 40 percent from 11pm to 2am. The base fare is 4,800 won for the first 1.6 km.
Who can I call for help at night in Seoul?
1330 is the Korea Travel Hotline, free and open 24 hours in several languages. Call 112 for police and 119 for fire or an ambulance.
How this was checked. Last trains come from each station’s weekday, Saturday and holiday timetables in Kakao Map, checked on 10 October 2026, and match Seoul Metro’s weekday late service to 1am. Night bus routes, stops, hours and intervals come from the city’s official Seoul bus information system, checked the same day, and the routes on the map are drawn from their real stops. Taxi fares come from the city fare table. Timetables change, and the last train out of each station differs by a few minutes, so check yours in Naver Map or Kakao Map before you order another round. Live bus times are on TOPIS. Spotted something out of date? Tell me.
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