CTA Rail Summary

Download CTA Ridership Dataset

This page displays daily average ridership by line for a given month and day type for the past 10 years. The page defaults to the latest month of data available. Figures from years prior can be downloaded with the link above.

The charts below show historical monthly ridership and ridership for the 13 months prior to the month specified.

Overview
Day Type Boardings
Weekday 8,950,114
Saturday 1,719,459
Sunday/Holiday 1,075,126
Total 11,744,699
Cross Platform
Day Type Boardings
Weekday 60,214
Saturday 52,459
Sunday/Holiday 39,081
Total 151,754
Top 10 Stations
Station Boardings
Lake/State 244,871
O'Hare Airport 236,665
Clark/Lake 200,517
State/Lake 185,564
Chicago/State 179,123
Washington/Dearborn 172,583
Addison-North Main 163,816
Grand/State 162,927
Washington/Wabash 157,218
Belmont-North Main 150,000

Previous 13 Month Weekday Ridership

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Historical August Total Ridership

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