The January ridership numbers for Metro are below.
The basic breakdown: overall Metro ridership is slightly up compared to Jan. 2012 (1,445,601 avg. weekday boardings compared to 1,408,380), rail ridership is significantly up from Jan. 2012 (358,967 avg. weekday boardings compared to 335,108 boardings last year) and bus ridership is slightly down (1,086,63 average weekday boardings compared to 1,101,282).
Expo Line ridership continues to climb with 24,175 weekday boardings in January, up from 23,193 boardings in December. Here are graphics showing ridership trends on Orange Line, Silver Line and all Metro Rail lines.
As for outside factors on ridership, New Year’s Day was on a Tuesday this year compared to a Sunday in 2012 — perhaps not as many people worked the first week of January this year. Weather-wise, this January was about the same as last year rain-wise — with not much precipitation.
Bus Ridership Estimates
Bus – Directly Operated
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
1,045,108 |
1,058,236 |
1,045,828 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
694,822 |
683,259 |
708,938 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
504,733 |
511,924 |
456,199 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
28,295,329 |
28,027,536 |
27,535,334 |
Directly operated bus ridership includes Orange and Silver Line ridership.
Bus – Contract
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
41,526 |
43,046 |
41,074 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
24,194 |
22,752 |
23,810 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
16,105 |
16,935 |
14,681 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
1,090,871 |
1,096,584 |
1,045,886 |
Bus – Systemwide
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
1,086,634 |
1,101,282 |
1,086,902 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
719,016 |
706,011 |
732,748 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
520,838 |
528,859 |
470,880 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
29,386,200 |
29,124,120 |
28,581,220 |
Directly operated bus ridership includes Orange and Silver Line ridership.
Orange Line
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
26,162 |
23,050 |
21,116 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
16,488 |
13,999 |
13,082 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
12,357 |
10,777 |
9,271 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
703,301 |
604,708 |
551,390 |
Silver Line
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
12,422 |
10,601 |
8,049 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
4,847 |
3,815 |
2,800 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
3,159 |
2,512 |
1,701 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
308,467 |
252,953 |
190,435 |
Rail Ridership Estimates
Red/Purple Line
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
158,328 |
144,854 |
143,634 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
89,906 |
84,848 |
91,154 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
81,175 |
74,037 |
68,127 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
4,248,725 |
3,825,552 |
3,789,697 |
Blue Line
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
88,846 |
78,515 |
79,709 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
55,857 |
58,344 |
49,464 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
55,515 |
50,849 |
40,998 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
2,455,624 |
2,187,283 |
2,117,728 |
Blue Line estimates do not include Expo boardings.
Expo Line
|
Jan. 2013 |
|
|
Average Weekday Boardings |
24,175 |
|
|
Average Saturday Boardings |
17,534 |
|
|
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
14,501 |
|
|
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
674,496 |
|
|
Green Line
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
45,141 |
42,600 |
40,891 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
26,943 |
21,900 |
24,105 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
19,995 |
18,832 |
17,405 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
1,200,855 |
1,095,196 |
1,059,557 |
Gold Line
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
42,476 |
41,129 |
33,947 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
22,286 |
25,893 |
22,705 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
15,077 |
23,426 |
22,633 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
1,099,009 |
1,107,839 |
939,501 |
Rail Systemwide Ridership Estimates
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
358,967 |
307,098 |
298,180 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
212,526 |
190,986 |
187,428 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
186,264 |
167,143 |
149,163 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
9,678,709 |
8,215,869 |
7,906,482 |
Includes Expo Line ridership.
Systemwide Ridership Estimates
|
Jan. 2013 |
Jan. 2012 |
Jan. 2011 |
Average Weekday Boardings |
1,445,601 |
1,408,380 |
1,385,083 |
Average Saturday Boardings |
931,543 |
896,997 |
920,177 |
Average Sunday and Holiday Boardings |
707,101 |
696,002 |
620,044 |
Total Calendar Month Boardings |
39,064,909 |
37,339,989 |
36,487,702
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Just think what the number would be for the Orange Line if it was a LRT!
It would be interesting, now that over a year has passed, to see how late night Metro Rail every ten minutes (the days there isn’t construction) is working. Because of all that construction, and equivalent lack of connecting bus service, I’m a little skeptical that it is a good use of money.
Expo already past Silver and almost even with Orange. And those lines are twice as long at Expo. Way to go Expo !
I wonder why July 2011 is such a peak high for rail but a low for buses. Do people not like to ride buses when it’s hot?
ah, it’s probably an average of the ridership for the entire year.
January 2012 weekday rail ridership looks like 307,098 in the chart. Where does the 335,108 number come from?
EXPO LINE Total Calendar Month Boardings 674,496 for Jan 2013 Boy and some folks, Think it was a wast of time to build the line I guess they were wrong just think what the numbers will be in 2015 when phase-2 is finished
It is interesting to see that the Orange and Silver lines show a marked regular seasonal pattern. Looks like the Expo line is not hurting overall ridership. Once Expo phase II opens up it should jump even more.