Photo by Amber Wilkie

Depending on who you ask and when they traveled, Metro either handled Monday’s inauguration well or once again kinda screwed the pooch. While early morning trips went relatively smoothly, the human crush at a number of stations and a mechanical issue led to delays on all lines after President Obama’s swearing-in.

Metro has now fully quantified its 17-hour day: according to it PlanItMetro blog, 800,000 riders used Metro on Monday, more than a usual weekday but lower than in 2009.

The most used stations before noon were at the extremes: Franconia-Springfield led with 16,319 entrances, Vienna had 14,289, Greenbelt had 12,500, and New Carrollton had 11,917. Stadium Armory was the most used station in D.C. in the morning hours, mostly because hundreds of tour buses were parked there. On the other end of things, L’Enfant Plaza saw a ton of people exiting during the morning hours, so much so that at one point Metro recorded 240 people passing through faregates per minute.

After the swearing-in was completed, the pattern switched, with the stations closest to the National Mall seeing very heavy use. Gallery Place led with 53,077 entrances, followed by L’Enfant Plaza (36,628), Metro Center (34,125), Union Station (31,574), and Farragut West (22,618). All told, Metro reports that the top 10 busiest stations near the mall saw 10 times their usual ridership that day.