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.

Union Station 29,371 Gallery Place 25,537 Farragut North 24,597 Metro Center 24,330 Farragut West 20,917 Foggy Bottom 20,121 L’Enfant Plaza 19,343 Dupont Circle 18,653 Pentagon 14,584 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:

Rosslyn 13,666 Pentagon City 12,558 Silver Spring 12,269 Columbia Heights 11,840 Shady Grove 11,732 Crystal City 11,480 Ballston 10,759 Vienna 10,005 Bethesda 9,883 NoMa 9,038 Judiciary Square 8,722 Friendship Heights 8,503 Archives 7,829 Fort Totten 7,543 Federal Triangle 7,381 Wiehle 7,306 King Street 7,238 New Carrollton 7,209 Smithsonian 7,149 Court House 7,074 Huntington 7,002 Capitol South 6,957 Navy Yard 6,834 Franconia-Springfield 6,821 Anacostia 6,799 U Street-Cardozo 6,671 Tenleytown 6,587 Brookland 6,324 Van Ness 6,158 Georgia Avenue-Petworth 6,151 Glenmont 5,881 Woodley Park 5,861 Greenbelt 5,738 Rhode Island Avenue 5,727 Federal Center SW 5,697 Reagan National Airport 5,631 Medical Center 5,591 Eastern Market 5,500 Branch Avenue 5,449 Takoma 5,329 Grosvenor 5,206 Shaw 4,989 Suitland 4,918 Southern Avenue 4,751 Braddock Road 4,543 Largo Town Center 4,435 Clarendon 4,423 Prince George’s Plaza 4,385 Rockville 4,245 Mt. Vernon Square 4,243 Twinbrook 4,163 Dunn Loring 4,081 College Park 4,068 Waterfront 4,008 Cleveland Park 3,961 East Falls Church 3,913 Virginia Square 3,898 Wheaton 3,864 White Flint 3,641 Potomac Avenue 3,635 West Hyattsville 3,402 Addison Road 2,971 Van Dorn Street 2,970 Tysons Corner 2,857 Benning Road 2,823 West Falls Church 2,715 Naylor Road 2,471 Congress Heights 2,431 Stadium-Armory 2,430 Minnesota Avenue 2,387 Forest Glen 2,230 Capitol Heights 1,893 Morgan Blvd. 1,849 Landover 1,667 McLean 1,562 Eisenhower Avenue 1,486 Deanwood 1,347 Cheverly 1,153 Greensboro 1,079 Spring Hill 1,042 Arlington Cemetery 363

Cross-posted at BeyondDC.