CTA Bus Ridership By Route

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This page displays daily average ridership by route 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.

Ridership Data

Routes 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
1 Bronzeville / Union Station 1,148 1,155 993 712 248 89 1,711 1,837 1,680 1,735 2,107
2 Hyde Park Express 2,027 1,760 1,612 1,156 622 270 3,577 3,582 3,377 3,354 3,526
3 King Dr 13,570 13,626 10,990 8,605 6,946 4,608 16,112 16,746 16,855 18,086 20,035
4 Cottage Grove 11,559 11,555 9,927 9,804 9,496 7,540 19,373 19,861 19,287 20,354 21,793
X4 Cottage Grove Express 2,672 2,822 2,248 - - - - - - - -
5 South Shore Night Bus 130 287 174 198 173 246 401 421 422 448 462
6 Jackson Park Express 6,056 5,248 4,684 4,959 3,625 2,158 8,859 8,832 9,043 9,686 10,613
7 Harrison 4,784 4,680 3,880 2,839 1,464 881 5,562 5,704 5,393 5,328 6,347
8 Halsted 17,856 16,734 13,158 10,883 7,488 4,586 22,300 22,294 21,426 21,990 23,804
8A South Halsted 1,840 2,021 1,733 1,637 1,318 1,144 2,603 2,914 2,682 2,877 3,382
9 Ashland 15,694 15,452 11,943 10,277 8,966 7,149 16,033 17,585 17,575 17,854 27,777
X9 Ashland Express 5,455 5,656 5,038 4,292 3,063 2,195 7,801 8,674 7,998 8,064 -
10 Museum of Science & Industry - - - - - - - - - 369 457
11 Lincoln 1,153 1,371 1,153 971 661 275 1,512 1,531 1,912 1,658 1,714
12 Roosevelt 8,418 8,096 6,726 6,576 5,330 3,924 11,853 12,909 12,947 13,780 14,548
15 Jeffrey Local 4,458 4,643 4,277 4,278 3,038 2,545 6,746 7,226 6,749 7,016 7,561
18 16th/18th 3,060 3,227 2,670 2,079 1,567 792 3,825 3,882 3,777 3,837 3,249
19 Stadium Express 153 - 118 95 - - 249 262 361 221 276
20 Madison 11,634 11,147 9,492 8,387 6,803 6,498 16,061 16,637 16,202 17,034 17,616
21 Cermak 7,352 7,292 6,171 5,261 4,215 2,706 8,773 8,593 8,772 9,176 9,681
22 Clark 13,793 11,246 10,551 11,631 7,820 3,432 16,076 16,504 16,320 17,359 18,995
24 Wentworth 1,920 1,567 1,700 1,267 873 561 2,606 2,628 2,665 2,766 2,972
26 South Shore Express 2,694 2,583 2,666 2,317 1,510 924 4,174 4,331 4,173 3,010 3,230
28 Stony Island 3,690 3,404 3,260 2,650 2,266 1,855 5,680 6,201 5,929 6,386 7,237
29 State 8,123 8,056 5,619 5,153 3,685 2,987 10,851 10,907 11,268 12,048 13,556
30 South Chicago 2,093 2,652 1,779 1,481 1,170 937 2,928 3,269 2,936 3,257 3,582
31 31st 737 902 576 363 189 76 552 606 637 - -
34 South Michigan 3,166 3,024 2,369 2,130 1,849 1,793 4,465 4,721 4,487 4,722 5,098
35 35th 3,451 3,516 2,969 2,526 1,788 1,089 4,645 5,070 5,063 5,686 5,486
36 Broadway 11,266 11,227 8,678 8,949 6,470 3,354 11,940 11,873 11,905 12,467 13,976
37 Sedgwick 1,508 1,158 691 504 260 106 1,468 1,531 1,420 1,554 1,728
39 Pershing 1,378 1,502 1,299 1,175 806 545 1,830 2,014 1,801 2,008 2,023
43 43rd 859 923 858 690 632 509 1,357 1,402 1,401 1,619 1,823
44 Wallace/Racine 2,532 2,420 2,115 1,776 1,241 988 3,057 3,330 3,335 3,515 3,954
47 47th 7,835 7,791 6,147 5,595 4,804 3,551 8,780 9,287 9,415 9,969 10,151
48 South Damen 760 696 606 501 296 189 830 993 850 999 1,168
49 Western 12,581 12,930 10,743 9,004 7,499 5,263 15,173 15,981 15,687 16,343 23,544
J14 Jeffery Jump 7,313 5,963 4,937 4,931 4,026 2,822 10,369 10,827 10,445 10,868 11,573
49B North Western 4,139 4,144 3,912 3,478 2,518 1,330 5,043 5,374 5,404 5,484 5,554
X49 Western Express 5,248 4,908 4,132 3,447 2,102 1,581 6,048 6,806 6,167 6,034 -
50 Damen 8,667 7,876 6,597 6,521 4,097 1,459 9,470 9,940 9,298 9,904 9,596
51 51st 1,035 1,160 947 947 632 355 1,273 1,365 1,307 1,402 1,597
52 Kedzie/California 6,500 6,883 5,999 5,036 3,877 3,869 12,045 12,528 10,920 12,036 12,533
52A South Kedzie 3,002 2,846 2,736 2,289 1,759 1,143 3,901 4,044 4,097 4,097 4,462
53 Pulaski 14,548 14,180 12,181 10,393 8,258 7,173 17,430 17,920 17,705 18,816 20,028
53A South Pulaski 5,716 5,616 4,997 4,255 2,885 1,553 7,144 7,697 7,753 8,199 8,261
54 Cicero 8,022 7,800 6,282 5,553 5,068 4,269 9,439 10,135 10,090 10,902 11,308
54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd 544 523 464 400 300 125 732 739 742 774 918
54B South Cicero 2,067 2,133 1,950 1,576 1,357 1,083 2,689 2,854 3,088 3,227 3,452
55 Garfield 6,774 6,645 5,510 4,423 3,792 2,870 8,648 9,657 9,754 10,318 11,217
55A 55th/Austin 142 158 143 115 84 27 297 358 310 324 282
55N 55th/Narragansett 401 428 354 331 183 72 513 586 557 576 588
56 Milwaukee 6,408 5,700 5,116 5,268 3,629 1,924 8,022 8,555 8,462 8,969 9,480
57 Laramie 1,536 1,689 1,571 1,250 930 803 2,260 2,429 2,373 2,612 4,567
59 59th/61st 2,456 2,566 2,083 1,765 1,338 1,010 3,082 3,138 3,133 3,389 3,966
60 Blue Island/26th 11,177 9,706 7,574 6,788 3,948 1,798 11,619 11,347 10,556 10,683 10,918
62 Archer 7,950 7,108 6,004 5,451 3,696 1,970 9,815 10,194 10,157 10,846 10,917
62H Archer/Harlem 693 840 841 781 469 249 870 1,013 1,042 1,057 915
63 63rd Street 10,760 9,564 8,343 7,182 6,524 5,854 14,137 15,623 14,890 15,976 16,880
63W West 63rd 1,194 1,230 1,121 1,052 666 399 1,434 1,444 1,371 1,413 1,383
65 Grand 6,708 5,871 5,292 3,617 2,690 1,374 8,199 8,519 8,232 8,107 8,555
66 Chicago 18,029 16,788 14,452 12,033 8,443 5,574 21,498 22,892 21,896 22,985 23,977
67 67th/69th/71st 5,710 6,309 5,166 4,545 4,223 3,878 8,973 10,085 10,334 11,395 12,409
68 Northwest Hwy 906 873 847 824 459 229 991 1,445 1,347 1,369 1,334
70 Division 7,058 6,807 5,876 4,458 3,498 2,307 8,318 8,879 8,614 9,008 9,613
71 71st 6,726 6,266 5,019 4,385 4,172 3,629 8,388 8,654 8,236 8,229 8,577
72 North 10,997 10,417 8,621 7,650 6,310 4,052 13,307 13,997 14,340 14,771 15,595
73 Armitage 4,434 3,755 3,683 2,677 2,013 850 5,300 5,436 5,509 6,082 4,631
74 Fullerton 9,716 8,792 7,846 6,712 5,180 2,486 11,309 11,942 11,795 12,583 13,042
75 74th/75th 4,512 4,918 4,268 3,540 3,140 2,972 6,472 6,755 6,533 6,829 7,417
76 Diversey 8,852 8,093 7,152 6,779 5,010 2,188 10,059 11,163 10,904 12,114 12,246
77 Belmont 14,334 13,345 12,069 11,229 8,067 3,799 19,379 20,258 20,649 21,575 22,462
78 Montrose 6,056 5,135 4,667 4,427 2,747 1,181 7,375 7,818 7,317 7,544 8,771
79 79th 14,804 15,280 12,712 12,283 10,934 10,518 22,439 23,938 24,060 24,917 27,386
80 Irving Park 8,138 7,856 6,770 6,455 4,972 2,120 10,359 10,950 11,003 12,422 12,961
81 Lawrence 9,309 9,163 7,521 7,268 5,858 2,825 10,708 11,245 11,698 12,291 12,383
81W West Lawrence 1,448 1,480 1,245 993 744 318 1,608 1,800 1,699 1,731 1,641
82 Kimball/Homan 12,406 12,854 9,561 10,028 7,355 4,756 16,321 17,911 16,733 19,042 19,605
84 Peterson 3,029 2,733 2,130 2,187 1,416 645 3,557 3,719 3,675 3,875 4,071
85 Central 7,365 8,274 7,223 6,106 4,614 3,303 8,763 9,214 8,944 9,722 10,608
85A North Central 647 630 358 362 273 144 710 585 550 564 669
86 Narragansett/Ridgeland 2,035 1,888 1,506 1,295 702 288 2,243 2,604 2,320 2,500 2,749
87 87th 6,363 6,054 5,726 5,438 4,832 4,331 10,594 11,250 11,417 12,203 13,367
88 Higgins 986 846 890 755 503 220 1,186 1,418 1,327 1,441 1,279
90 Harlem 3,393 3,586 3,088 2,887 2,322 931 4,198 4,357 4,564 4,952 5,036
91 Austin 4,142 4,156 4,213 3,755 2,972 1,796 6,085 6,260 6,338 6,555 7,176
92 Foster 5,221 4,621 4,501 4,180 2,979 1,339 5,999 6,490 6,371 6,723 7,256
93 North California 3,227 3,353 2,898 2,580 1,627 762 3,465 3,507 3,366 3,445 3,452
94 South California 9,301 8,869 7,295 6,608 4,924 2,200 7,979 8,569 8,498 8,959 9,618
95 95th 4,752 3,941 3,291 2,840 2,530 1,953 5,228 5,485 5,228 - -
96 Lunt 633 630 573 424 357 142 785 830 839 900 895
97 Skokie 2,156 2,343 1,910 1,679 1,401 677 2,837 2,826 2,977 3,139 3,255
100 Jeffery Manor Express 365 427 342 299 226 166 455 609 594 643 677
103 West 103rd 1,374 1,484 1,153 1,008 810 577 1,836 1,828 2,283 2,491 2,765
106 East 103rd 691 761 725 610 420 361 1,120 1,369 1,258 1,528 1,724
108 Halsted/95th 530 782 618 523 350 278 984 1,265 1,120 1,221 1,330
111 Pullman/111/115 1,955 1,995 1,738 1,532 1,203 952 2,910 3,378 3,221 3,463 3,874
111A Pullman Shuttle 304 235 182 152 153 128 188 165 169 183 211
112 Vincennes/111th 1,061 1,141 902 898 564 484 1,686 2,033 1,872 2,292 2,379
115 115th/Pullman 1,938 1,884 1,581 1,458 1,054 963 2,726 2,986 2,863 3,738 4,100
119 Michigan/119th 2,243 2,542 2,073 1,784 1,758 1,675 3,919 4,161 4,163 4,227 4,728
120 NW/Wacker Express 787 288 217 177 55 30 786 912 895 924 1,038
121 Union/Wacker Express 994 408 308 181 70 40 1,115 1,219 1,078 1,307 1,410
124 Navy Pier Express 860 795 824 619 242 75 1,015 901 1,018 895 797
125 Water Tower Express 668 591 458 371 129 57 1,163 1,266 1,249 1,337 1,413
126 Jackson 3,888 3,446 3,191 2,525 1,835 1,455 4,857 5,193 5,381 5,721 6,313
134 Stockton / Lasalle Express 1,855 1,478 1,048 785 191 39 3,004 2,886 2,870 2,698 3,255
135 Wilson/Lasalle Express 1,766 1,556 1,503 998 277 78 3,538 3,290 3,136 3,094 3,550
136 Sheridan/Lasalle Express 1,165 952 969 704 289 106 1,969 1,962 1,906 1,776 2,025
143 Stockton / Michigan Express 951 867 691 561 232 79 1,803 1,842 1,847 1,987 1,922
146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express 10,691 9,450 9,130 8,837 5,066 1,540 12,832 12,528 13,154 13,758 14,225
147 Outer Drive Express 9,474 8,713 7,701 8,385 5,301 2,207 11,597 11,899 12,510 13,049 14,263
148 Clarendon / Michigan Express 1,599 1,479 1,230 1,191 532 154 2,503 2,418 2,435 2,520 2,527
151 Sheridan 11,945 10,929 10,150 9,375 5,896 2,417 14,654 14,775 15,640 16,204 17,338
152 Addison 8,010 7,295 6,294 5,697 3,463 1,178 9,325 10,140 9,601 9,485 10,308
155 Devon 4,995 5,238 4,734 4,438 3,152 1,779 6,323 6,555 6,742 7,406 7,358
156 Lasalle 4,117 3,151 2,885 1,946 820 389 6,648 6,918 6,684 7,394 7,836
157 Streeterville 5,709 5,324 5,070 3,234 1,445 394 6,531 6,389 6,189 6,821 6,208
165 West 65th 184 165 179 176 79 72 186 174 104 114 116
169 69/UPS Express 118 97 78 102 89 65 89 88 189 194 219
171 Univ. of Chicago = Hyde Park 656 778 816 862 269 32 1,301 1,493 1,439 1,670 1,773
172 Univ. of Chicago = Kenwood 1,350 1,962 1,997 1,504 381 161 2,311 2,142 2,295 2,125 2,600
192 University of Chicago Hosp. Exp. 455 421 383 412 217 41 812 859 852 832 829
201 Central/Sherman 1,299 1,917 1,734 1,541 795 302 2,498 2,424 2,584 2,467 1,932
206 Evanston Circulator 458 403 335 398 105 55 679 678 842 936 773