Farragut West, the 5th busiest station. Photo by the author.

WMATA’s PlanItMetro blog has released a trove of data on Metro station use. Here’s one snippet: All 91 stations, ranked by the average number of riders who entered the faregates each weekday in February, 2016.

  1. Union Station 29,371
  2. Gallery Place 25,537
  3. Farragut North 24,597
  4. Metro Center 24,330
  5. Farragut West 20,917
  6. Foggy Bottom 20,121
  7. L’Enfant Plaza 19,343
  8. Dupont Circle 18,653
  9. Pentagon 14,584
  10. McPherson Square 14,340

What jumps out to you, both from this list and the rest of WMATA’s data? Here’s the rest of the list:

  1. Rosslyn 13,666
  2. Pentagon City 12,558
  3. Silver Spring 12,269
  4. Columbia Heights 11,840
  5. Shady Grove 11,732
  6. Crystal City 11,480
  7. Ballston 10,759
  8. Vienna 10,005
  9. Bethesda 9,883
  10. NoMa 9,038
  11. Judiciary Square 8,722
  12. Friendship Heights 8,503
  13. Archives 7,829
  14. Fort Totten 7,543
  15. Federal Triangle 7,381
  16. Wiehle 7,306
  17. King Street 7,238
  18. New Carrollton 7,209
  19. Smithsonian 7,149
  20. Court House 7,074
  21. Huntington 7,002
  22. Capitol South 6,957
  23. Navy Yard 6,834
  24. Franconia-Springfield 6,821
  25. Anacostia 6,799
  26. U Street-Cardozo 6,671
  27. Tenleytown 6,587
  28. Brookland 6,324
  29. Van Ness 6,158
  30. Georgia Avenue-Petworth 6,151
  31. Glenmont 5,881
  32. Woodley Park 5,861
  33. Greenbelt 5,738
  34. Rhode Island Avenue 5,727
  35. Federal Center SW 5,697
  36. Reagan National Airport 5,631
  37. Medical Center 5,591
  38. Eastern Market 5,500
  39. Branch Avenue 5,449
  40. Takoma 5,329
  41. Grosvenor 5,206
  42. Shaw 4,989
  43. Suitland 4,918
  44. Southern Avenue 4,751
  45. Braddock Road 4,543
  46. Largo Town Center 4,435
  47. Clarendon 4,423
  48. Prince George’s Plaza 4,385
  49. Rockville 4,245
  50. Mt. Vernon Square 4,243
  51. Twinbrook 4,163
  52. Dunn Loring 4,081
  53. College Park 4,068
  54. Waterfront 4,008
  55. Cleveland Park 3,961
  56. East Falls Church 3,913
  57. Virginia Square 3,898
  58. Wheaton 3,864
  59. White Flint 3,641
  60. Potomac Avenue 3,635
  61. West Hyattsville 3,402
  62. Addison Road 2,971
  63. Van Dorn Street 2,970
  64. Tysons Corner 2,857
  65. Benning Road 2,823
  66. West Falls Church 2,715
  67. Naylor Road 2,471
  68. Congress Heights 2,431
  69. Stadium-Armory 2,430
  70. Minnesota Avenue 2,387
  71. Forest Glen 2,230
  72. Capitol Heights 1,893
  73. Morgan Blvd. 1,849
  74. Landover 1,667
  75. McLean 1,562
  76. Eisenhower Avenue 1,486
  77. Deanwood 1,347
  78. Cheverly 1,153
  79. Greensboro 1,079
  80. Spring Hill 1,042
  81. Arlington Cemetery 363

Cross-posted at BeyondDC.

Dan Malouff is a transportation planner for Arlington and an adjunct professor at George Washington University. He has a degree in urban planning from the University of Colorado and lives in Trinidad, DC. He runs BeyondDC and contributes to the Washington Post. Dan blogs to express personal views, and does not take part in GGWash's political endorsement decisions.