Metro News Release

For immediate release: July 13, 2007

Metrorail Records Eighth Highest Weekday Ridership In its 31-Year History

796,651 Riders Used Metrorail on Thursday, July 12

Hundreds of thousands of people helped Metro set the transit agency’s eighth highest ridership day in the history of the 31-year-old rail system on Thursday. Riders took 796,651 trips, which were 26,355 more trips than the same day last year. Continued high gas prices, and an influx of visitors to the region contributed to Thursday’s high numbers.

Combined with Metrobus ridership, Metro provides more than 1.2 million trips on an average weekday.

Metrorail’s Top 10 Weekday Ridership Days
Date            Ridership Event
1 06-09-04 850,636 Reagan State Funeral
2 04-03-07 831,508 Cherry Blossoms/Baseball
3 04-10-06 821,283 Immigrant Rights Rally
4 01-20-93 811,257 Clinton Inaugural #1
5 03-31-06 808,108 Cherry Blossoms
6 06-22-07 805,153 Baseball
7 10-16-95 804,146 Million Man March
8 07-12-07 796,651 No Event
9 06-06-07 796,087 Baseball
10 07-03-07 795,769 Baseball



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News release issued at 12:00 am, July 13, 2007.