Metro gets about half the riders it had for Inauguration 2009

Published January 21, 2013 5:00am ET



About 266,000 boarded the Metro system by 10 a.m. on Inauguration Day — about half the number of those who rode Metro by that time for the 2009 Inauguration, Metro officials said.

Few riders hopped on trains early in the morning, but by 8 a.m. crowds started forming at escalators and fare gates.

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