Metro News Release
For immediate release: April 11, 2006
Immigration Rally sets Second Highest Ridership Day in Metrorail History
The immigration rally on the National Mall yesterday set the second highest ridership day in Metrorail’s 30-year-history. Regular riders and protesters took 821,283 trips. An additional 137,234 people boarded trains compared to a typical Monday last month. Combined with Metrobus ridership, Metro provided nearly 1.3 million trips yesterday. Typical weekday bus ridership has been about 451,000 trips.
Metrorail’s Top 10 Weekday Ridership Days
Date Ridership Event
1) 06-09-04 850,636 Reagan State Funeral Ceremony
2) 04-10-06 821,283 Immigration 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) 07-21-05 769,553 Baseball
7) 04-14-05 766,184 1st Baseball Game
8) 07-20-05 764,663 Baseball
9) 06-30-05 764,425 Baseball
10) 06-10-04 763,121 Reagan State Funeral Ceremony
News release issued on April 11, 2006.