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Ridership Statistics

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Bus - Directly Operated

 

October 2009

October 2008

October 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

1,151,263

1,247,167

1,199,084

Average Saturday Boardings

763,014

805,016

781,261

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

551,447

592,664

568,930

Total Calendar Month Boardings

31,348,644

34,275,551

32,979,687

*Includes Orange Line Ridership estimates

Bus Contract

 

October 2009*

October 2008

October 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

43,208

44,500

47,083

Average Saturday Boardings

24,029

21,946

23,072

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

17,057

16,999

17,175

Total Calendar Month Boardings

1,138,944

1,179,278

1,243,889

Bus - Systemwide

 

October 2009

October 2008

October 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

1,194,471

1,267,089

1,222,339

Average Saturday Boardings

787,043

813,227

790,041

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

568,504

599,143

574,788

Total Calendar Month Boardings

32,487,588

34,792,525

33,573,105

View Graph - Trends in Bus Lines Average Weekday Boardings

Orange Line (Included in Bus - Directly Operated)

 

October 2009

October 2008

October 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

23,981

24,578

23,828

Average Saturday Boardings

13,823

13,735

14,292

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

10,587

10,520

11,317

Total Calendar Month Boardings

639,045

662,304

650,471

Rail Ridership Estimates


Red Line

 

October 2009

October 2008*

October 2007*

Average Weekday Boardings

141,302

140,414

128,182

Average Saturday Boardings

98,380

88,986

87,470

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

78,589

76,920

75,544

Total Calendar Month Boardings

3,914,908

3,893,142

3,600,246

* Beginning in December 2007, data received from newly installed Ticket Vending Machines on the Red, Green, and Blue Lines made it possible to begin calculating ridership with much greater accuracy than previously. As a result, it is difficult to find meaning in comparing ridership estimates made prior to that time with the current and extremely accurate estimates.
View Graph - Trends in Metro Red Line Average Weekday Boardings

Blue Line

 

October 2009

October 2008*

October 2007*

Average Weekday Boardings

74,311

79,400

73,693

Average Saturday Boardings

56,648

54,770

52,126

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

49,766

52,161

44,532

Total Calendar Month Boardings

2,117,152

2,253,918

2,081,572

Green Line

 

October 2009

October 2008*

October 2007*

Average Weekday Boardings

36,453

41,191

37,974

Average Saturday Boardings

20,467

22,096

22,495

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

17,274

17,175

18,120

Total Calendar Month Boardings

973,392

1,104,473

1,035,867

* Beginning in December  2007, data received from newly installed Ticket Vending Machines on the Red, Green, and Blue Lines made it possible to begin calculating ridership with much greater accuracy than previously.  As a result, it is difficult to find meaning in comparing ridership estimates made prior to that time with the current and extremely accurate estimates.
View Graph - Trends in Metro Green Line Average Weekday Boardings

Gold Line

 

October 2009

October 2008

October 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

21,322

23,080

18,484

Average Saturday Boardings

14,083

13,590

11,482

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

12,226

11,498

10,250

Total Calendar Month Boardings

588,413

631,191

512,052

View Graph - Trends in Metro Gold Line Average Weekday Boardings

Rail Systemwide Ridership Estimates


 

October 2009

October 2008

October 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

273,389

284,084

258,333

Average Saturday Boardings

189,578

179,442

173,572

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

157,855

157,754

148,446

Total Calendar Month Boardings

7,593,865

7,882,724

7,229,736

View Graph - Trends in Metro Rail Systemwide Ridership Estimates

Systemwide Ridership Estimates


 

October 2009*

October 2008

October 2007

Average Weekday Boardings

1,467,860

1,575,751

1,504,500

Average Saturday Boardings

976,621

1,006,403

977,904

Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings

726,359

767,417

734,551

Total Calendar Month Boardings

40,081,453

43,337,553

41,453,313