Metro News Release
For immediate release: July 24, 2003
Wednesday’s Metrorail ridership tops 700,000
On Wednesday, July 23, Metrorail ridership reached 714,227 trips, putting yesterday’s total at number nine in the top 10 all-time high ridership days in Metrorail history. It was also the sixth day this month that ridership surpassed the 700,000-mark.
An average weekday usually sees Metrorail ridership in the 650,000 to 670,000 range. The majority of riders travel during the morning and afternoon commute times; however, during mid-day and evening hours, the Metrorail system has much more capacity to carry customers. Weekends also tend to see considerably fewer riders in the Metrorail system, with fewer than 300,000 customers, another time when there is plenty of room to ride on Metrorail.
Metrorail’s high ridership days including this month
| Rank | Date | Ridership* | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-20-93 | 811,257 | Clinton Inauguration |
| 2 | 10-16-95 | 804,146 | Million Man March |
| 3 | 6-25-03 | 726,789 | No Event |
| 4 | 6-26-03 | 724,507 | No Event |
| 5 | 4-15-02 | 718,747 | Pro Israel Rally |
| 6 | 7-17-03 | 716,227 | No Event |
| 9 | 7-23-03 | 714,227 | No Event |
| 12 | 7-16-03 | 708,944 | No Event |
| 16 | 7-15-03 | 704,175 | No Event |
| 21 | 7-22-03 | 701,437 | No Event |
| 22 | 7-11-03 | 700,167 | No Event |
*Every trip a customer takes counts as one ride toward the total ridership count for a day.
News release issued on July 24, 2003.