Metrorail records sixth highest weekday ridership day

For immediate release: April 10, 2009

844,978 riders used Metrorail on Thursday, April 9

Hundreds of thousands of people helped Metro set the transit agency’s sixth highest ridership day in the history of the 33-year-old rail system on Thursday, April 9. Riders took 844,978 trips, which were 49,394 more trips than the comparable day last year. The NCAA Frozen Four ice hockey tournament and National Cherry Blossom Festival events contributed to yesterday’s high numbers.

Combined with Metrobus ridership, Metro provides more than 1.2 million trips on an average weekday.

Metrorail’s Top 10 Weekday Ridership Days

	Date	Ridership	Event
1	01-20-09	1,120,000	Obama Inauguration
2	01-19-09	866,681	Obama inaugural events
3	07-11-08	854,638	Baseball/Women of Faith Conference
4	06-09-04	850,636	Reagan State Funeral
5	06-25-08	846,388	Smithsonian Folklife Festival/Baseball
6	04-09-09	844,978	Cherry Blossoms/NCAA Frozen Four
7	07-10-08	844,530	Baseball
8	07-08-08	835,072	Baseball/Basketball
9	07-02-08	834,956	Smithsonian Folklife Festival
10	04-03-07	831,508	Cherry Blossoms/Baseball

Media contact for this news release: Cathy Asato or Lisa Farbstein at 202-962-1051.

News release issued at 10:44 am, April 10, 2009.