System Weekday Ridership

Note: this report is produced from Metra Boardings and Alightings counts. Beginning in 1999, counts are available by time of day and direction. To see that breakdown, click on the "Ridership by Time of Day" link.

Branch -- entire system -- Burlington Northern Santa FeElectric District Blue Island BranchElectric District Main LineElectric District South Chicago BranchHeritage CorridorMilwaukee District North LineMilwaukee District West LineNorth Central ServiceRock Island District Beverly BranchRock Island District Main LineSouth Shore LineSouthWest ServiceUnion Pacific North LineUnion Pacific Northwest LineUnion Pacific West Line

Ridership by Time of Day   Monthly Rail Summary

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Weekday Boardings

Branch	Detail	2006	2002	1999	1997	1995	1993	1991	1989	1987	1985	1983	1979
BNSF		55,439	52,479	53,314	50,454	47,450	45,866	45,308	46,843	44,523	42,194	39,379	48,286
Elec-BI		868	777	962	921	979	1,130	1,122	1,122	1,108	985	1,106	1,785
Elec-ML		36,993	37,174	40,807	39,394	38,351	39,102	39,909	41,282	38,203	37,718	33,141	46,928
Elec-SC		2,345	3,134	3,205	3,050	2,902	3,039	3,402	3,314	2,901	2,883	2,438	3,372
Heritage		2,910	2,424	1,848	1,402	1,301	1,355	1,493	1,720	1,647	1,219	1,000	1,244
Milw-N		24,257	21,640	22,034	19,926	19,914	19,306	17,452	16,287	15,337	14,389	12,670	19,311
Milw-W		22,343	21,017	22,825	22,415	22,018	20,949	19,301	18,902	17,259	15,911	14,184	21,838
NCS		5,338	4,503	4,480	3,941
RI-Branch		5,281	5,753	6,615	5,357	5,560	5,981	6,195	6,899	6,172	5,800	5,006	6,626
RI-Main		29,813	28,807	26,437	25,259	24,761	24,075	23,252	23,460	20,940	17,485	15,500	18,855
SWS		8,811	6,348	6,843	6,396	6,058	5,684	5,861	5,948	4,966	3,304	2,902	3,773
So Shore		14,036	12,484	12,578	12,641	11,977	11,808	12,441	11,928	10,827	9,830	8,284
UP-N		28,277	26,278	26,996	25,475	25,007	25,026	25,213	23,649	23,063	20,540	19,233	27,010
UP-NW		34,227	33,272	35,030	34,205	35,574	36,532	34,446	34,690	32,990	29,574	29,909	44,971
UP-W		25,013	24,369	25,885	26,719	27,814	26,680	26,091	26,246	25,928	22,781	22,310	27,456
Total		295,951	280,459	289,859	277,555	269,666	266,533	261,486	262,290	245,864	224,613	207,062	271,455
Source: Metra Boarding and Alighting Counts

Weekday Alightings

Branch	Detail	2006	2002	1999	1997	1995	1993	1991	1989	1987	1985	1983	1979
BNSF		55,439	52,479	53,314	50,454	47,450	45,866	45,308	46,843	44,523	42,194	39,379
Elec-BI		785	704	913	867	934	1,124	993	1,043	1,079	1,052	1,072
Elec-ML		37,201	37,360	40,910	39,569	38,421	39,014	39,984	41,164	37,986	37,240	32,848
Elec-SC		2,346	3,137	3,259	3,044	2,962	3,133	3,456	3,511	3,147	3,294	2,747
Heritage		2,910	2,424	1,848	1,402	1,301	1,355	1,493	1,720	1,647	1,219	1,000
Milw-N		24,257	21,640	22,034	19,926	19,914	19,306	17,452	16,287	15,337	14,389	12,670
Milw-W		22,343	21,017	22,825	22,415	22,018	20,949	19,301	18,902	17,259	15,911	14,184
NCS		5,338	4,503	4,480	3,941
RI-Branch		5,236	5,696	6,689	5,218	5,702	5,977	6,243	6,777	6,018	5,687	5,130
RI-Main		29,732	28,748	26,255	25,283	24,534	24,079	23,204	23,582	21,094	17,598	15,376
SWS		8,811	6,348	6,843	6,396	6,058	5,684	5,861	5,948	4,966	3,304	2,902
So Shore		14,036	12,484	12,578	12,641	11,977	11,808	12,441	11,928	10,827	9,830	8,284
UP-N		28,277	26,278	26,996	25,475	25,007	25,026	25,213	23,649	23,063	20,540	19,233
UP-NW		34,227	33,272	35,030	34,205	35,574	36,532	34,446	34,690	32,990	29,574	29,909
UP-W		25,013	24,369	25,885	26,719	27,814	26,680	26,091	26,246	25,928	22,781	22,310
Total		295,951	280,459	289,859	277,555	269,666	266,533	261,486	262,290	245,864	224,613	207,044
Source: Metra Boarding and Alighting Counts