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 1,053 1,026 919 717 321 170 1,805 1,673 1,651 1,681 1,934
2 Hyde Park Express 1,993 1,572 1,662 1,303 839 371 3,613 3,485 3,289 3,337 3,364
3 King Dr 12,649 13,582 10,403 9,016 7,734 5,749 16,290 16,258 17,030 17,620 18,877
4 Cottage Grove 10,710 10,878 9,758 9,869 9,509 8,599 19,614 19,101 19,566 20,087 21,306
X4 Cottage Grove Express 2,252 2,501 2,029 - - - - - - - -
5 South Shore Night Bus 144 164 186 305 198 172 432 437 493 498 544
6 Jackson Park Express 6,000 5,863 4,795 5,253 4,502 2,863 9,615 9,157 9,623 9,959 10,984
7 Harrison 2,989 3,009 2,610 2,179 1,508 1,363 4,145 4,182 4,366 4,287 5,061
8 Halsted 15,170 14,196 10,967 9,873 8,152 6,146 18,967 17,809 18,295 18,876 20,137
8A South Halsted 1,737 1,916 1,753 1,582 1,339 1,373 2,709 2,636 2,794 2,945 3,234
9 Ashland 15,177 14,962 11,855 10,272 9,652 7,521 16,715 17,049 18,381 18,265 27,736
X9 Ashland Express 4,831 4,895 4,641 4,500 3,276 2,434 7,898 7,867 7,793 7,910 -
10 Museum of Science & Industry 358 418 430 345 293 - 295 444 615 556 670
11 Lincoln 989 1,143 1,085 984 745 459 1,444 1,401 1,889 1,705 1,677
12 Roosevelt 7,100 7,657 6,680 6,572 5,468 4,379 11,618 11,752 12,768 13,228 13,702
15 Jeffrey Local 4,328 4,265 3,574 4,507 3,283 3,185 7,181 7,010 7,124 7,222 7,709
18 16th/18th 2,692 2,532 2,504 1,949 1,654 1,117 3,537 3,422 3,628 3,518 3,302
19 Stadium Express 28 - 155 39 - - 140 195 142 78 369
20 Madison 10,885 10,714 9,372 8,358 6,877 6,769 15,779 16,026 15,944 17,033 17,297
21 Cermak 6,802 6,202 6,150 5,700 4,596 2,907 9,020 8,767 9,380 9,340 9,859
22 Clark 13,089 10,969 10,710 11,982 9,456 4,798 16,435 16,111 16,178 16,914 18,677
24 Wentworth 1,674 1,382 1,350 1,229 968 716 2,671 2,497 2,633 2,698 2,914
26 South Shore Express 2,721 2,310 2,135 2,168 1,852 1,313 4,232 4,323 4,291 3,373 3,149
28 Stony Island 3,569 3,800 3,118 2,716 2,496 2,059 5,934 6,078 5,958 6,414 7,093
29 State 8,299 9,057 5,860 5,421 4,722 3,909 11,696 11,116 11,725 12,448 13,675
30 South Chicago 1,891 2,141 1,606 1,417 1,210 1,109 3,176 3,037 2,988 3,292 3,506
31 31st 417 443 367 251 199 111 338 290 290 - -
34 South Michigan 3,151 3,238 2,183 2,388 1,877 1,990 4,580 4,736 4,703 4,828 5,190
35 35th 3,185 3,424 2,813 2,521 2,003 1,153 4,741 4,864 5,018 5,367 5,335
36 Broadway 10,442 11,134 8,751 9,296 7,573 3,817 11,887 11,783 11,503 12,442 13,883
37 Sedgwick 1,428 1,063 792 548 307 154 1,468 1,352 1,357 1,453 1,647
39 Pershing 1,255 1,447 1,302 1,222 842 518 1,906 1,927 1,896 1,962 2,073
43 43rd 807 880 795 711 664 739 1,411 1,424 1,462 1,621 1,775
44 Wallace/Racine 2,262 2,203 2,079 1,773 1,278 1,264 3,094 3,114 3,323 3,386 3,742
47 47th 7,461 7,515 6,297 5,577 4,872 4,038 9,311 8,747 9,777 9,318 10,419
48 South Damen 563 550 508 435 275 154 799 811 840 853 1,143
49 Western 12,334 12,136 10,855 9,544 8,153 6,090 16,082 15,841 16,063 16,612 23,696
J14 Jeffery Jump 7,456 6,008 4,621 5,423 4,493 3,433 11,212 10,903 10,837 11,295 11,567
49B North Western 3,831 4,246 3,810 3,553 2,848 1,681 5,376 5,129 5,388 5,450 5,507
X49 Western Express 4,047 4,182 3,549 3,391 2,285 1,733 6,159 6,044 6,106 5,925 -
50 Damen 7,350 7,251 6,378 6,263 4,711 2,215 9,315 8,997 9,007 9,388 9,569
51 51st 885 1,033 925 878 647 565 1,343 1,268 1,320 1,418 1,414
52 Kedzie/California 5,798 6,523 5,705 5,217 4,167 3,906 12,151 11,833 11,907 12,073 12,150
52A South Kedzie 2,811 2,757 2,492 2,278 1,869 1,397 4,069 3,871 4,039 4,124 4,464
53 Pulaski 13,390 13,342 12,410 10,629 8,874 7,733 18,060 17,015 17,881 18,139 20,091
53A South Pulaski 4,915 4,746 4,435 4,006 3,288 2,134 7,240 6,923 7,534 7,807 7,782
54 Cicero 7,700 7,490 6,682 5,895 5,156 4,386 10,003 9,815 10,476 10,897 11,520
54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd 524 558 495 415 327 193 776 785 766 815 840
54B South Cicero 2,011 2,068 2,185 1,770 1,525 1,253 2,857 2,928 3,217 3,304 3,508
55 Garfield 6,412 6,762 5,373 4,652 4,207 3,220 9,349 9,426 10,136 10,811 11,569
55A 55th/Austin 152 124 138 114 102 42 311 314 305 310 299
55N 55th/Narragansett 323 352 312 326 194 148 523 535 569 586 561
56 Milwaukee 5,519 5,046 4,965 4,882 3,988 2,865 8,366 8,173 8,201 8,532 8,873
57 Laramie 1,279 1,426 1,507 1,207 962 1,058 2,340 2,337 2,457 2,497 4,221
59 59th/61st 2,268 2,417 2,106 1,821 1,363 1,216 3,164 2,995 3,102 3,154 4,016
60 Blue Island/26th 8,896 7,873 6,876 6,397 4,521 2,513 9,878 9,486 9,494 9,422 9,474
62 Archer 7,176 6,884 5,953 5,615 4,373 2,753 10,048 9,589 10,129 10,662 10,578
62H Archer/Harlem 676 770 830 735 497 362 934 990 1,052 1,053 923
63 63rd Street 10,209 9,964 7,754 7,273 6,735 6,459 14,590 14,662 15,189 15,709 16,358
63W West 63rd 1,124 1,150 1,028 994 727 561 1,488 1,410 1,439 1,383 1,390
65 Grand 6,918 6,382 5,515 4,120 3,327 2,137 8,918 8,726 8,663 8,915 8,877
66 Chicago 17,432 16,950 15,505 12,376 9,924 7,062 21,973 22,164 22,427 22,761 23,606
67 67th/69th/71st 5,375 5,757 4,913 4,583 4,203 4,125 9,413 9,508 10,680 11,278 12,077
68 Northwest Hwy 759 735 763 748 512 340 915 1,274 1,326 1,379 1,274
70 Division 6,403 6,175 5,430 4,413 3,854 2,941 8,611 8,301 8,425 8,343 9,340
71 71st 6,786 7,343 4,758 4,388 4,154 3,885 8,582 8,244 8,596 8,254 8,603
72 North 10,837 10,745 9,234 8,555 6,924 4,895 14,151 14,132 15,102 15,564 15,883
73 Armitage 4,361 3,698 3,366 2,593 2,230 1,630 5,574 5,347 5,650 5,874 4,192
74 Fullerton 8,961 8,390 7,752 7,021 5,787 3,223 11,509 11,312 11,731 11,977 12,853
75 74th/75th 4,235 4,680 3,999 3,612 3,118 2,811 6,771 6,513 6,870 6,779 7,418
76 Diversey 8,655 8,002 7,384 7,293 5,816 3,167 11,351 11,179 11,058 11,874 12,088
77 Belmont 13,552 12,917 12,165 11,417 9,242 5,148 19,785 19,285 20,391 21,056 22,385
78 Montrose 5,839 5,344 4,824 4,913 3,114 1,950 7,419 7,364 7,404 7,389 8,143
79 79th 14,112 15,122 12,737 12,184 10,974 11,149 23,625 23,063 24,500 25,254 26,751
80 Irving Park 7,720 7,430 6,585 6,694 5,470 3,351 10,912 10,782 11,119 12,034 12,871
81 Lawrence 8,624 9,076 7,778 7,460 6,325 4,254 10,954 11,103 11,733 12,242 12,345
81W West Lawrence 1,369 1,348 1,299 996 793 486 1,583 1,702 1,610 1,670 1,602
82 Kimball/Homan 10,452 11,792 9,408 9,605 7,976 6,000 16,031 16,300 16,434 17,895 18,391
84 Peterson 2,324 2,375 2,105 2,153 1,592 970 3,711 3,568 3,647 3,950 4,034
85 Central 6,555 7,725 6,820 6,489 4,837 3,738 9,019 9,121 9,268 9,864 10,634
85A North Central 628 586 401 369 284 229 759 549 611 611 685
86 Narragansett/Ridgeland 1,381 1,236 1,257 1,178 771 475 2,112 1,894 2,101 2,187 2,310
87 87th 5,971 6,022 5,418 5,674 4,905 4,570 11,013 10,916 11,682 12,226 13,210
88 Higgins 891 792 868 739 569 354 1,185 1,308 1,294 1,336 1,163
90 Harlem 3,290 3,673 3,211 3,166 2,543 1,703 4,295 4,809 4,690 4,758 4,594
91 Austin 3,841 4,041 3,861 3,800 3,053 2,455 6,132 6,095 6,494 6,516 6,959
92 Foster 4,775 4,294 4,057 4,263 3,131 2,083 5,781 5,938 6,143 6,683 6,981
93 North California 2,794 2,890 2,731 2,440 1,577 1,071 3,313 3,152 3,175 3,287 3,493
94 South California 8,456 8,001 6,936 6,534 5,294 3,354 8,296 7,973 8,505 9,111 9,512
95 95th 4,081 4,238 3,110 2,935 2,619 2,755 5,326 5,314 5,485 - -
96 Lunt 654 594 559 476 411 207 781 763 799 849 868
97 Skokie 2,069 2,309 2,009 1,789 1,561 1,102 2,868 2,840 2,953 3,178 3,322
100 Jeffery Manor Express 319 340 359 344 228 180 475 543 587 656 687
103 West 103rd 1,165 1,248 1,096 947 841 770 1,929 1,728 2,072 2,321 2,638
106 East 103rd 598 721 641 630 418 402 1,084 1,090 1,136 1,344 1,400
108 Halsted/95th 593 637 538 472 348 294 961 1,063 1,066 1,183 1,263
111 Pullman/111/115 1,978 1,794 1,646 1,540 1,265 1,489 2,994 2,978 3,243 3,456 3,673
111A Pullman Shuttle 320 256 210 171 160 144 236 181 193 202 217
112 Vincennes/111th 912 975 817 809 654 720 1,727 1,760 1,936 2,268 2,303
115 115th/Pullman 1,593 2,098 1,554 1,451 1,090 1,248 2,812 2,749 2,823 3,681 4,089
119 Michigan/119th 2,469 2,562 2,181 2,067 1,787 2,027 4,034 4,018 4,292 4,240 4,617
120 NW/Wacker Express 831 255 251 168 88 42 765 814 805 851 933
121 Union/Wacker Express 1,082 397 392 161 113 52 1,135 1,127 1,116 1,215 1,386
124 Navy Pier Express 1,275 1,371 1,410 1,072 601 138 1,367 1,301 1,432 1,338 1,114
125 Water Tower Express 562 585 503 340 211 81 1,172 1,160 1,132 1,220 1,404
126 Jackson 3,124 3,182 2,712 2,546 1,878 1,751 4,921 4,651 5,128 4,971 5,855
130 Museum Campus 463 684 536 409 231 - 510 667 768 671 698
134 Stockton / Lasalle Express 1,599 1,525 1,156 755 335 70 2,841 2,694 2,778 2,621 3,153
135 Wilson/Lasalle Express 1,572 1,386 1,333 1,165 459 184 3,396 3,176 3,035 2,851 3,481
136 Sheridan/Lasalle Express 1,063 893 913 716 391 192 1,995 1,873 1,900 1,704 2,003
143 Stockton / Michigan Express 838 740 610 507 289 132 1,784 1,642 1,787 1,884 1,945
146 Inner Drive/Michigan Express 10,875 9,801 9,434 9,730 6,522 2,632 13,910 13,010 13,234 13,950 14,588
147 Outer Drive Express 8,737 8,589 7,897 8,753 6,641 3,253 11,885 11,597 11,977 12,431 13,584
148 Clarendon / Michigan Express 1,386 1,403 1,253 1,201 653 279 2,342 2,373 2,318 2,377 2,360
151 Sheridan 12,320 11,132 11,045 10,942 7,773 3,383 15,403 15,198 16,381 16,380 17,950
152 Addison 6,712 6,209 6,113 5,756 4,036 1,970 9,942 9,184 9,378 9,613 10,005
155 Devon 4,329 5,142 4,540 4,337 3,412 2,436 5,635 6,138 6,520 7,113 7,159
156 Lasalle 4,014 3,240 2,963 2,234 1,260 489 6,855 6,751 6,579 7,280 7,869
157 Streeterville 4,236 3,962 3,812 2,577 1,600 736 4,513 4,309 4,148 4,285 4,022
165 West 65th 134 117 131 140 93 63 205 155 113 120 144
169 69/UPS Express 107 97 88 115 91 88 86 113 195 188 217
171 Univ. of Chicago = Hyde Park 287 234 275 297 177 47 625 600 676 784 1,029
172 Univ. of Chicago = Kenwood 586 529 697 576 312 120 1,145 896 1,077 1,067 1,411
192 University of Chicago Hosp. Exp. 460 410 350 383 251 112 859 825 838 860 882
201 Central/Sherman 1,085 1,316 1,287 1,188 820 898 1,908 1,959 1,924 2,040 1,781
206 Evanston Circulator 176 117 137 111 101 64 257 230 342 381 433