Metrorail records 2nd highest ridership day on Thursday, 1 April 2010

According to WMATA Press Release dated Friday, 2 April 2010 ... Hundreds of thousands of people helped Metro set the transit agency’s second highest weekday ridership day in the history of the 34-year-old rail system on Thursday, April 1, when 877,890 trips were recorded on the Metrorail system.

Taken at the Waterfront SEU Station in SW DC at 3:49 pm on Saturday afternoon, 3 April, the image depicts a train full of passengers en route to the Washington Nationals Stadium for a sold-out exhibition game which started at 4:05 pm.