Preliminary Metro Numbers Trickling In

WUSA is reporting that Metro had served 207,335 riders as of 7 a.m. this morning, an astonishing figure -- and based on the shot from the Greenbelt station which most news outlets are using of lines stretching back into the parking lot, that total will increase very quickly. Also, to no one's surprise, at least seven station parking lots -- at Greenbelt, New Carrollton, Branch Ave., Largo Town Center, Vienna, East Falls Church, and Rhode Island Ave. -- are full as of seven minutes ago. As a reference, Metro's highest weekday ridership mark currently sits at 854,638, which was notched last July. It's safe to say that that record will easily be smashed today, as expected.

UPDATE: FOX 5 notes that as of a few minutes ago, the figure now stands at 409,828 riders.

UPDATE (11:07 a.m.): It's official. The record has been broken. As of 11 a.m. today, 866,681 people rode Metrorail yesterday. It is more than likely though, that that number will be broken today, so stay tuned.