Metro ridership Saturday surpassed that of Inauguration Day, as of 11 a.m., according to the official Twitter account of the Metro/Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Metro counted 275,000 riders near the morning’s end, as hundreds of thousands of people made their way to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Women’s March. Trains were more crowded Saturday than during most weekdays and most parking lots are at full capacity, Metro noted.
Metro Ridership as of 11am: 275k. For comparison, that’s more than 8x a normal Sat & even busier than most weekdays. #wmata #womensmarch
— Metro (@wmata) January 21, 2017
A day earlier at 11 a.m., an hour before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, Metro reported that 193,000 people had taken train rides.
Social media was abuzz all morning Saturday with pictures and videos of Metro stations and trains all over the D.C.-Metropolitan area packed with people.
Organizers of the Women’s March said Saturday they were making preparations for nearly 500,000 marchers participating in the event.
The line at the Greenbelt Metro Station. Most of it, anyway. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/rP1X3I9YJV
— Skip Tognetti (@togneter) January 21, 2017
Guess I can’t get on this train to go to the march, too many marchers #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/H3iTmNevIs
— KCH (@katehilts) January 21, 2017
A police officer told me this is like Obama in 2009. Unreal. Capitol South metro. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/sAAlOY1kEZ
— Will Drabold (@WillDrabold) January 21, 2017
This is one Metro stop in DC this morning. Don’t ever let anyone say Donald Trump can’t draw a crowd! pic.twitter.com/bM0rEPmmVQ
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) January 21, 2017
