Large numbers of demonstrators arrive at Union Station in Washington. | Getty Metro ridership for women's march higher than Trump inauguration

Washington's Metro released ridership figures Saturday morning as hundreds of thousands of men and women gathering in the nation's capital in opposition of President Donald Trump for the Women's March on Washington.

According to WMATA, D.C.'s metropolitan area transit, ridership was at 275,000 as of 11 a.m.


"For comparison, that's more than 8x a normal Sat & even busier than most weekdays," WMATA wrote in a tweet.

Ridership is up from yesterday's number for President Donald Trump's inauguration. As of 11 a.m. Friday, 193,000 rides had been taken.

For former President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2009, ridership was at 513,000 at the same time.