Editing Washington Metro (section)

=== Busiest days ===
The highest ridership for a single day was on the day of the [[first inauguration of Barack Obama]], January 20, 2009, with 1.12&nbsp;million riders. It broke the previous record, set the day before, of 866,681 riders.<ref name="2009 Inauguration Ridership Release">{{cite press release |title=Metro sets new record for highest ridership day of all time |publisher=[[WMATA]] |date=January 21, 2009 |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2440 |access-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116111429/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2440 |url-status=live }}</ref> June 2008 set several ridership records: the single-month ridership record of 19,729,641 total riders, the record for highest average weekday ridership with 1,044,400 weekday trips, had five of the ten highest ridership days, and had 12 weekdays in which ridership exceed 800,000 trips.<ref name="riders2008" /> The Sunday record of 616,324 trips was set on January 18, 2009, during Obama's pre-inaugural events, the day the Obamas arrived in Washington and hosted a concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. It broke the record set on the 4th of July, 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metrorail sets new Sunday record for highest ridership |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2429 |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011013750/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/pressreleasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2429 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On January 21, 2017, the [[2017 Women's March]], set an all-time record in Saturday ridership with 1,001,616 trips.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wtop.com/dc/2017/01/1m-trips-taken-on-dc-city-rail-system-saturday/slide/1/ |title=Metro ridership tops 1 million, sets Saturday record {{!}} WTOP News<!-- Bot generated title --> |date=January 22, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2018 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035846/https://wtop.com/dc/2017/01/1m-trips-taken-on-dc-city-rail-system-saturday/slide/1/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The previous record was set on October 30, 2010, with 825,437 trips during the [[Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/11/01/2010-11-01_jon_stewart_rally_to_restore_sanity_crowds_set_new_record_for_dc_transit_with_82.html|title=Jon Stewart 'Rally to Restore Sanity' crowds set new record for D.C. transit with 825,437 trips|date=November 1, 2010|work=(New York) Daily News|location=New York|last1=Malloy|first1=Joanna|last2=Siemaszko|first2=Corky|access-date=June 22, 2011|archive-date=November 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104062819/http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/11/01/2010-11-01_jon_stewart_rally_to_restore_sanity_crowds_set_new_record_for_dc_transit_with_82.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to 2010, the record had been set on June 8, 1991, at 786,358 trips during the Desert Storm rally.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Metro sets new record for highest Saturday Metrorail ridership |date=October 31, 2010 |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4717 |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=January 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202021128/https://www.wmata.com/about/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4717 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Trips
! Event
|-
| January 20, 2009
| 1,120,000
| [[First inauguration of Barack Obama]] (Estimate)
|-
| January 21, 2017
| 1,001,613
| [[2017 Women's March]]
|-
| April 2, 2010
| 891,240
| [[National Cherry Blossom Festival|2010 Cherry Blossom Festival]]/NBA Basketball
|-
| April 1, 2010
| 877,890
| [[National Cherry Blossom Festival|2010 Cherry Blossom Festival]]/NHL Hockey
|-
| April 10, 2013
| 871,432
| [[National Cherry Blossom Festival|2013 Cherry Blossom Festival]]/NBA Basketball/MLB Baseball
|-
| April 7, 2010
| 867,624
| [[National Cherry Blossom Festival|2010 Cherry Blossom Festival]]/MLB Baseball
|-
| January 19, 2009
| 866,681
| [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|King Day of Service and Kid's Inaugural]]
|-
| June 8, 2010
| 856,578
| MLB Baseball – [[Stephen Strasburg]] debut
|-
| July 11, 2008
| 854,638
| MLB Baseball, [[Women of Faith]] Conference
|-
| April 8, 2010
| 852,103
| [[National Cherry Blossom Festival|2010 Cherry Blossom Festival]]/MLB Baseball/[[Stars on Ice]]
|}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tuss |first1=Adam |title=Metro Hopes Busy Thursday Will Break Ridership Records |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Metro-Hopes-Busy-Thursday-Will-Break-Ridership-Records-254821691.html |access-date=September 11, 2018 |work=NBC Washington |date=April 10, 2014 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225244/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Metro-Hopes-Busy-Thursday-Will-Break-Ridership-Records-254821691.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Top 6: The busiest days on Metrorail |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/local/top-6-the-busiest-days-on-metrorail/104/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225320/https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/local/top-6-the-busiest-days-on-metrorail/104/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |access-date=September 11, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>