Metro News Release

For immediate release: June 23, 2008

Metrorail records third highest weekday ridership day

829,998 riders used Metrorail on Friday, June 20

Hundreds of thousands of people helped Metro set the transit agency’s third highest ridership day in the history of the 32-year-old rail system on Friday, June 20. Riders took 829,998 trips, which were 24,845 more trips than the same comparable day last year. The Washington Nationals and Washington Mystics games contributed to Friday’s high numbers.

Since April of this year, Metrorail weekday ridership has cracked the top 12 highest ridership days in Metrorail history on nine separate occasions. Combined with Metrobus ridership, Metro provides more than 1.2 million trips on an average weekday.

Metrorail’s Top 12 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 06-20-08    829,998    Baseball/Basketball
4 04-24-08    828,973    Baseball/Basketball
5 04-17-08    828,418    Pope Visit/Soccer
6 04-11-08    828,132    Hockey/Baseball/Cherry Blossoms
7 06-18-08    823,516    No event
8 04-10-06    821,283    Immigrant Rights Rally
9 06-19-08    819,979    No event
10 06-05-08  819,687    Baseball
11 06-03-08  812,812    Baseball
12 06-17-08  812,686    No event

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*Metrorail ridership typically peaks every June.

News release issued at 9:16 am, June 23, 2008.