Metro News Release
For immediate release: June 19, 2006
Metrorail records four consecutive high ridership days last week
Metrorail ridership reached 783,093 trips Friday, June 16, the seventh highest weekday ridership in the system’s 30-year history. Friday marked the fourth consecutive day last week and the seventh day this month to see a high weekday ridership. Friday’s sold out Washington National’s game contributed to the high ridership. It is traditionally unusual for Fridays to be high ridership days.
Ridership on June 13 was 786,843, June 14 was 774,802 and June 15 was 777,287. Each set a record as a top 10 weekday ridership day. Ridership on June 6 was 758,927 and June 7 was 764,511. Each set a top 25 weekday ridership record.
Typical weekday ridership sees about 700,000 customers taking trips on Metrorail and 460,000 taking trips on Metrobus. Combined, Metro provided about 1.2 million trips last Friday.
| Date | System Ridership | Event | |
| 1 | 06-09-04 | 850,636 | Reagan State Funeral Ceremony |
| 2 | 04-10-06 | 821,283 | Immigrant Rights Rally |
| 3 | 01-20-93 | 811,257 | Clinton Inaugural #1 |
| 4 | 03-31-06 | 808,108 | Cherry Blossoms |
| 5 | 10-16-95 | 804,146 | Million Man March |
| 6 | 06-13-06 | 786,843 | Baseball |
| 7 | 06-16-06 | 783,093 | Baseball |
| 8 | 04-20-06 | 780,820 | No Event |
| 9 | 06-15-06 | 777,287 | Baseball |
| 10 | 06-14-06 | 774,802 | Baseball |
News release issued on June 19, 2006.