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Can I Bring a Bicycle on the Seoul Subway?

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Can you take a bicycle on the 서울교통공사 (Seoul Metro) subway? Bicycles are allowed on subway trains only on Saturdays and national holidays, and only in the first and last cars This applies to any traveler bringing a full-size bicycle rather than a folded one, on the specific days the policy allows. A folded bicycle is treated differently, since Items larger than 158cm (sum of length, width and height) or heavier than 32kg are restricted; wheelchairs, strollers and folded bicycles are exempted Checked against Seoul Metro's own guidance. This holds whether you're checking before departure or during the trip itself, and the details above were checked directly against the operator's own current page rather than a summary of it.

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A full-size bicycle and a folded one are treated as two different kinds of luggage on the Seoul subway, with different rules for each.

Can I bring a bicycle on the subway?

Bicycles are allowed on subway trains only on Saturdays and national holidays, and only in the first and last cars

Does a folded bicycle follow the same rule?

Items larger than 158cm (sum of length, width and height) or heavier than 32kg are restricted; wheelchairs, strollers and folded bicycles are exempted

What if I want to ride on a weekday instead?

Bicycles are not permitted on weekdays under this policy — only on the specific days named above.

Questions people ask

Are there restrictions on which subway car a bicycle can go in?

Yes — bicycles are restricted to specific cars on the train, not the whole train.

Sources

  1. https://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/en/page.do?menuIdx=768

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