Traffic restrictions around Seoul's Gwanghwamun Square are being lifted in phases following the conclusion of BTS's comeback concert, as tens of thousands of spectators begin their journey home.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, subway service will normalize first after the concert ended around 9 p.m. on June 21. Gwanghwamun Station on Line 5, Gyeongbokgung Station on Line 3, and City Hall Station on Lines 1 and 2—which had been operating without stops—will resume passenger boarding from 10 p.m.
The city is deploying 12 additional empty trains—four each on Lines 2, 3, and 5—until the last train to disperse crowds concentrated immediately after the concert. This adds 24 extra runs compared to normal operations.
Bus services will also normalize sequentially. The 51 city bus routes that had been detoured around Gwanghwamun will resume regular operations from 11 p.m. Including village buses and Gyeonggi Province buses, a total of 86 routes will return to normal.
Road restrictions will lift at the same time. Vehicle traffic on Sajik-ro, Yulgok-ro, Saemoonan-ro, and the Gwanghwamun underpass will resume from 11 p.m. However, the Sejong-daero section between Gwanghwamun and City Hall will reopen at 6 a.m. the following day after stage dismantling is completed.
Shared mobility services will become available the next day. The 58 public bicycle "Ttareungi" rental stations and 692 docking racks within 1 kilometer of the venue will resume operations from 9 a.m. Personal mobility device operators, including e-scooters and e-bikes, will restart service at the same time.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government urged citizens to check real-time traffic conditions through the TOPIS traffic information system.
As of 8 p.m., approximately 40,000 to 42,000 people had gathered around Gwanghwamun and Deoksugung Palace.
The concert, titled "BTS Comeback Live: ARIRANG," marked the group's first full-member performance in approximately three years and five months since "Yet to Come in BUSAN" in October 2022.