Metra Monthly Ridership by Fare Zone (Prior to February 2024)

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This page displays historical monthly ridership by Metra's former fare zones for a given month between the years of 2010 and 2024. The page defaults to January 2024 (the last month before Metra changed to its current fare zones). These figures can be downloaded with the link above. 

Some things to note about the data. Intermediate refers to trips that did not begin or end in Fare Zone A. Also, free trips were not included in the data.

Zone Pair Miles 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
AA 0 to 5 14,005 9,905 3,932 6,639 23,425 18,687 22,064 21,587 21,285 23,369 18,391 20,122 23,196 20,029 20,171
AB 5 to 10 299,962 210,588 96,344 49,272 468,189 443,326 508,698 522,436 483,910 503,480 468,988 468,675 492,548 469,761 466,694
AC 10 to 15 388,904 318,701 137,323 64,735 870,520 833,692 936,660 935,466 894,399 893,135 845,847 829,025 853,894 813,164 809,934
AD 15 to 20 399,913 349,063 128,639 70,854 1,020,328 993,800 1,133,215 1,144,377 1,079,166 1,127,403 1,055,132 1,034,034 1,060,512 997,840 975,111
AE 20 to 25 527,958 439,960 147,533 80,885 1,303,130 1,297,163 1,436,996 1,433,919 1,366,015 1,432,271 1,366,741 1,338,483 1,384,975 1,298,845 1,271,820
AF 25 to 30 312,059 258,706 76,260 42,893 751,459 745,639 864,859 868,649 828,417 844,302 800,244 786,132 823,101 787,451 765,888
AG 30 to 35 199,779 161,013 39,771 21,100 468,358 464,499 524,340 516,539 492,431 510,294 491,813 493,775 515,838 502,572 493,026
AH 35 to 40 176,848 151,730 35,957 24,080 371,946 362,619 420,026 426,750 412,037 420,925 405,941 415,029 441,827 423,293 400,970
AI 40 to 45 56,215 49,286 9,303 9,877 124,125 123,842 142,553 143,246 137,485 147,051 136,362 135,604 148,322 141,342 133,802
AJ 45 to 50 39,469 32,862 3,954 4,461 51,485 50,313 24,882 26,006 25,446 27,598 26,245 26,858 29,190 27,253 27,526
AK 50 to 55 - - - - - 744 28,096 28,698 27,941 29,847 29,861 32,305 35,483 31,949 31,696
AM 60 to 65 - - - - - 150 6,542 6,795 8,396 8,516 7,793 8,056 8,628 8,378 7,854
Conductor 51,104 57,656 31,801 13,954 114,088 131,530 153,851 171,925 218,235 287,356 282,504 296,139 345,748 270,666 285,352
Group - 142 156 - 93 390 1,234 452 695 541 113 608 973 10,079 348
Intermediate* 103,242 90,475 53,974 19,475 175,204 173,586 206,173 221,600 215,252 230,172 227,743 255,455 283,637 257,401 256,451
Total 2,640,227 2,205,075 1,004,880 493,066 5,888,568 5,787,368 6,591,910 6,671,898 6,436,169 6,682,268 6,363,377 6,335,076 6,568,644 6,227,397 6,208,957
Weekend & Special Event Tickets 70,787 75,025 239,962 84,872 146,218 152,325 195,090 214,949 235,007 209,620 213,398 213,538 172,103 177,450 271,756