Metra Total Rail Ridership By Line

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This page displays monthly ridership by line for a given month for the past 13 years. The page defaults to the latest month of data available. Figures from years prior can be downloaded with the link above.

Note: The data is based on ticket sales and includes free rides. The data does not provide a breakdown by day type or time of day.

Stations	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
BNSF	497,907	439,885	181,015	78,865	1,258,783	1,223,615	1,386,291	1,384,285	1,322,520	1,354,904	1,311,122	1,303,365	1,329,413	1,330,149
Heritage Corridor	23,012	19,303	6,473	2,586	63,297	57,180	63,219	64,652	56,086	63,130	60,093	56,310	58,165	55,154
Metra Electric	376,677	286,145	149,519	73,842	581,350	581,285	665,078	728,437	701,801	757,585	736,540	754,408	821,230	797,601
Milwaukee District North Line	220,999	188,149	76,569	33,932	519,241	513,273	593,526	584,091	559,928	603,084	551,982	541,131	559,655	555,962
Milwaukee District West Line	179,497	159,020	75,564	38,486	464,578	462,209	525,766	536,753	532,534	547,013	527,132	527,819	554,149	554,179
North Central Service	45,108	35,886	12,341	4,070	126,952	127,162	149,916	147,213	142,901	146,332	134,233	131,602	142,386	126,936
Rock Island District	305,454	233,347	131,483	67,839	591,393	589,100	657,100	677,955	661,900	691,274	678,357	679,868	707,858	692,045
South Shore Line	125,980	121,748	43,828	43,828	284,061	282,059	278,453	291,967	295,228	300,522	294,629	297,586	320,263	310,152
SouthWest Service	77,523	60,563	24,627	12,923	193,602	193,331	213,163	215,643	215,167	221,460	216,043	207,774	213,730	204,211
Union Pacific North Line	337,556	279,121	138,598	69,803	691,248	662,002	780,979	790,390	753,216	769,132	708,941	709,918	727,481	788,366
Union Pacific Northwest Line	348,125	304,761	131,812	69,785	834,766	820,610	921,503	924,193	898,616	928,911	870,986	865,794	878,996	825,834
Union Pacific West Line	265,660	228,220	101,043	51,509	632,268	620,447	704,013	712,189	668,286	681,380	641,495	633,891	644,707	617,032