Metro News Release

For immediate release: July 18, 2007

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

798,012 Riders Used Metrorail on Tuesday, July 17

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 Tuesday. Riders took 798,012 trips, which were 48,203 more trips than the same day last year. Continued high gas prices, an influx of visitors to the region and a Washington Nationals baseball game all contributed to Tuesday’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 07-17-07 798,012 Baseball
9 07-12-07 796,651 No Event
10 06-06-07 796,087 Baseball



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News release issued at 12:00 am, July 18, 2007.