Metra Monthly Ridership by Fare Zone

This page displays monthly ridership by fare zone 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. Intermediate refers to trips that do not begin or end in Fare Zone A.

Note: Free trips are not included.

Zone Pair Miles 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
AA 0 to 5 14,981 8,651 8,617 442 22,271 20,125 20,453 21,807 22,931 19,843 21,642 22,270 21,191 20,548
AB 5 to 10 263,114 187,600 71,386 13,364 471,181 470,882 483,492 488,994 488,550 493,655 496,055 483,958 476,542 468,413
AC 10 to 15 404,749 282,319 92,804 39,974 892,476 892,975 899,942 898,684 879,807 889,585 892,398 861,848 822,062 808,845
AD 15 to 20 428,553 294,399 99,169 36,566 1,052,501 1,074,834 1,099,085 1,089,837 1,096,783 1,104,570 1,101,250 1,071,664 1,012,160 989,187
AE 20 to 25 531,280 368,914 112,212 53,583 1,360,341 1,353,941 1,382,302 1,380,112 1,396,958 1,421,190 1,414,063 1,387,874 1,329,412 1,282,049
AF 25 to 30 312,401 211,540 56,252 28,773 780,613 827,116 825,123 833,682 832,418 845,016 835,793 821,314 802,754 774,784
AG 30 to 35 191,336 118,992 28,967 22,636 494,125 501,939 508,934 501,893 504,073 518,514 517,168 517,722 507,352 496,885
AH 35 to 40 184,498 117,938 32,397 14,343 389,884 400,783 411,639 420,691 430,528 435,849 441,014 444,980 437,381 418,980
AI 40 to 45 59,912 38,323 12,280 2,779 132,115 136,521 138,628 141,608 145,624 148,013 142,852 142,912 143,417 135,244
AJ 45 to 50 43,354 18,452 6,251 1,685 55,632 22,751 24,656 26,425 27,409 29,254 27,746 28,934 28,979 26,768
AK 50 to 55 - - - - - 26,619 28,375 28,572 31,617 33,420 35,070 34,854 33,169 31,774
AM 60 to 65 - - - - - 6,509 7,418 8,913 9,973 10,091 10,214 9,049 9,838 8,439
Conductor 81,049 71,819 21,674 296 160,817 189,844 205,253 250,303 303,198 372,717 384,764 358,935 338,636 333,504
Group 1,655 770 - - 6,417 9,607 16,399 17,183 3,129 15,875 15,913 17,932 13,209 15,751
Intermediate* 116,074 95,608 29,061 6,311 189,634 200,948 213,090 217,959 214,430 236,552 263,487 281,020 279,212 257,915
Weekend & Special Event Tickets 133,009 126,367 145,628 4,070 197,179 225,051 276,530 284,901 204,882 306,475 268,872 260,950 232,848 292,590
Total 2,765,954 1,941,604 716,666 224,823 6,198,990 6,347,031 6,533,851 6,594,981 6,575,082 6,860,601 6,839,760 6,713,410 6,472,257 6,355,991