Metro News Release
For immediate release: July 31, 2003
Metrorail ridership continues to top the charts in July as Wednesday’s ridership is Metro’s third highest
On Wednesday, July 30, Metrorail ridership reached 745,627 trips--the third highest ridership day in Metrorail’s history. It was also an unprecedented ninth day this month that ridership surpassed the 700,000-mark.
Including yesterday’s total, Metrorail has had 26 days of ridership that have topped 700,000 in it’s history--15 of those days have come this year, and nine this month.
An average weekday usually sees Metrorail ridership in the 650,000 to 680,000 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 | 7-30-03 | 745,627 | No Event |
| 4 | 6-25-03 | 726,789 | No Event |
| 5 | 6-26-03 | 724,507 | No Event |
| 6 | 7-24-03 | 721,869 | No Event |
| 7 | 7-29-03 | 719,982 | No Event |
| 8 | 4-15-02 | 718,747 | Pro Israel Rally |
| 9 | 7-17-03 | 716,227 | No Event |
| 10 | 7-23-03 | 714,227 | No Event |
| 15 | 7-16-03 | 708,944 | No Event |
| 19 | 7-15-03 | 704,175 | No Event |
| 24 | 7-22-03 | 701,437 | No Event |
| 25 | 7-11-03 | 700,167 | No Event |
News release issued on July 31, 2003.