In 2023, the number of Metro passengers increase by 16% in the Community of Madrid and comes close to the figures before the pandemic
Lines 1, 6 and 10 are the lines that have transported the most users over the past year. The highest number of trips was recorded on 15 December, 2,587,679, and on the 2nd of the same month, with 1,887,000 trips, the Saturday with the highest demand in the historical series. Sol is the busiest station, followed by Avenida de América, Príncipe Pío, Nuevos Ministerios, Moncloa, Plaza de Castilla, Plaza de España, Alonso Martínez, Legazpi and Gregorio Marañón.
In 2023, the number of Metro passengers has increased by 16% in the Community of Madrid compared to the previous year, exceeding 662 million. Similarly, this figure is almost 100% (97.76) of the suburban activity if these data are compared with those in 2019, the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, when there were 667 million.
The past year has thus been a record-breaking period for Metro. December stood out with 58,425,000 trips. IIn addition, business days have continued to grow steadily to 2,369,000 average trips in November.
However, the most significant improvement occurred on Saturdays and public holidays, with 1,447,607 and 1,109,623 trips respectively, 106% and 110% more than in 2022, with the 2nd of that month, with 1,887,000 trips, being the most positive figure in the historical series. In addition, 15 December was the busiest day of the year, with a total of 2,587,679 passengers.
On the other hand, in 2023, lines 12, 11, 10 and 5 will have recovered 100% of the 2019 demand, as well as 9b, between Rivas and Arganda. Line 6, for its part, was once again the most popular, while 1 also repeated as the second most used Line, with 85.5 million trips. In third place is Line 10, with almost 80.
Of the top 10 stations, Sol is still the busiest, with more than 66 million passengers, 9% more than in 2022. Avenida de América, Príncipe Pío, Nuevos Ministerios, Moncloa, Plaza de Castilla, Plaza de España, Alonso Martínez, Legazpi and Gregorio Marañón complete this list.
