Diamondbacks Opener Helps Set Light Rail Record
Posted on 05/05/10 via Phoenix Business Journal
Bouyed by the Arizona Diamondbacks home opener, the Metro light rail system set a ridership record in April and posted its single busiest day.
Metro carried 1.21 million riders in April.
That translates to an average weekday ridership of 44,932, average Saturday ridership of 34,533 and average Sunday and holiday ridership of 20,573. Those numbers break previous records set in March of this year.
Metro’s highest ridership day in its history was April 5, when it carried 55,679 people. The number was bolstered by the Arizona Diamondbacks sold-out 2010 season home opener.
The system opened in December 2008.
