Do Young Children Ride the Seoul Subway for Free?
CONNECT ON Inc. · How we verify · sources read SEP 6, 2026
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The short answer
Do young children ride the 서울교통공사 (Seoul Metro) subway for free? Preschoolers (under age 6) ride free of charge This applies to any traveler with a preschool-age child, regardless of which ticket or card the adult is using. For an older child instead, a separate reduced fare applies: ₩550 Checked against Seoul Metro's own fare 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 parent traveling with children of different ages runs into two, sometimes three, different fare rules on the same subway trip, and guessing wrong means an unnecessary top-up at the gate.
Do preschool-age children ride free?
Preschoolers (under age 6) ride free of charge
What does an older child pay instead?
₩550
What if my child is a teenager rather than a young child?
₩900
Questions people ask
Does the free preschooler fare require proof of age?
The source material for this page states the age-based eligibility but does not specify what proof, if any, is checked in practice.
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