Metro News Release
For immediate release: June 23, 2006
Metrorail Surpasses 200 Million Trips For First Time In Single Fiscal Year
Yesterday, the Metrorail system surpassed the 200 million trip mark, the first time in the transit authority’s 30-year history that Metrorail has carried more than 200 million riders in a single fiscal year. The 200 millionth trip was taken during the morning rush hour.
More than 757,000 people rode Metrorail yesterday. While it was not a ridership record, it pushed the total Metrorail ridership for the current fiscal year (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006) to 200,676,750 trips. In fiscal year 2005, Metrorail carried 195,186,512 passenger trips.
Last week, Metrorail achieved four consecutive days of high ridership marks and seven days this month to see a high weekday ridership number.
Typical weekday ridership sees about 700,000 customers taking trips on Metrorail and 460,000 taking trips on Metrobus. Combined, Metro provides about 1.2 million weekday trips.
Metrorail’s Top 10 Weekday Ridership Days
| # | 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 23, 2006.