Washington, DC transit, by the numbers

Frequent service reaches 40% of stops, and the typical midday wait is about 20 minutes. Service runs nearly around the clock.

Score 60/100 · sampled Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · how it's graded

Frequent service

40%

of 8,843 stops, every 15 min or better

Median headway

20 min

typical midday wait

Service span

26 hrs

first to last departure

Weekend change

-13%

Saturday vs weekday midday

Every stop, by frequency

8,843 stops on a weekday midday. Bigger dot, more service.

Very frequent ≤7 min 941
Frequent 8–15 min 2,639
Moderate 16–30 min 3,634
Infrequent 31–60 min 771
Sparse >60 min 858

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WMATA + ART + DASH + MARC + VRE GTFS wmata-rail (unversioned) · wmata-bus S1000250 · art S1000054 · dash S1000236 · marc (unversioned) · vre (unversioned) · sampled 2026-08-26 weekday midday · generated 2026-08-16 · methodology · raw JSON