Metro News Release

For immediate release: June 9, 2010

Metrorail records 6th highest ridership day on Tuesday, June 8

Nationals baseball game, concert contributed to ridership

Washington Nationals phenom rookie Steven Strasburg “pitched in” to help Metro set the transit agency’s sixth highest weekday ridership day in the history of the 34-year-old rail system on Tuesday, June 8, when 856,578 trips were recorded on the Metrorail system.

Metro attributes yesterday’s high ridership to the sell-out crowd at last night’s baseball game, and the James Taylor/Carole King concert at the Verizon Center.

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


Metrorail’s Top 5 Weekday Ridership Days
Date Ridership Event
1 01-20-09 1,120,000 Obama Inaugural
2 04-02-10 891,240 Cherry Blossoms/basketball
3 04-01-10 877,890 Cherry Blossoms/hockey
4 04-07-10 867,624 Cherry Blossoms/baseball
5 01-19-09 866,681 Obama Inaugural Activities
6 06-08-10 856,578 Baseball/Concert



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News release issued at 2:17 pm, June 9, 2010.