179,693,126 767,041

Ridership on busiest day of 2016 118

Total trips in 2016 (March 24) Miles of track

91
Number of stations
613
Escalators
275
Elevators

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

The third rail supplies the main power to Metro trains, and every fleet uses different amounts of electricity in kilowatts per engine and per railcar.
From oldest to newest, heres how much electricity each series of train uses per car.

746
kilowatts
637 700 660
per car 600 600 560

Series 1000 Series 2000 Series 3000 Series 4000 Series 5000 Series 6000 Series 7000
132 cars 76 cars 282 cars 100 cars 192 cars 184 cars 276 cars
built 2012-present

SOURCE: WMATA