Metro News Release

For immediate release: April 10, 2008

Metrorail records ninth highest weekday ridership day

801,370 riders used Metrorail on Wednesday, April 9

Hundreds of thousands of people helped Metro set the transit agency’s ninth highest ridership day in the history of the 32-year-old rail system on Wednesday. Riders took 801,370 trips, which were 122,565 more trips than the same day last year. The Washington Wizards basketball game, Washington Nationals baseball game, DC United soccer game and National Cherry Blossom Festival events contributed to yesterday’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    07-18-07    803,164    Baseball
9    04-09-08    801,370    Baseball/Basketball/Soccer/Cherry Blossoms
10  07-17-07    798,012    Baseball

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News release issued at 9:44 am, April 10, 2008.