System-wide ridership for March 2026 increase 0.4% or by 3,000 unlinked trips per weekday from March 2025.
Average daily ridership was 749,794 unlinked passenger trips across all modes.
Ridership gains on the B and L offset declines on Bus and Regional Rail modes. Ridership on the B and L increased by about 21,000 trips per weekday
Bus ridership decreased by 1.7% or 6,802 unlinked trips per weekday compared to this time last year. Saturday ridership increased by 0.5% and Sunday ridership increased by 4.4%.
The five routes with the strongest year over year growth by total number of trips include Route 2, Route 40, Route 63, Route 4, and Route 23.
Metro ridership bolstered by special events such as the Flower Show, spring temperatures, St. Patrick’s Day, and the return of Phillies baseball. Ridership increased by approximately 7% relative to this time last year. This is primarily driven by a 10% increase or 20,691 average weekday trips on the B, L, and M. Trolley ridership Ridership declined by 9% on the T and by 3% on the D. These losses were partially offset by the G—which saw a 5% increase in ridership. Daily ridership on the T has recovered to similar levels prior to the trolley tunnel closure.
Regional Rail ridership declined by 8% or 6,675 trips per day relative to this time last year. But there were six days in March when ridership exceeded 90K trips—including March 4 when ridership hit its highest single day level in six months (94,770).
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