Union Station Station 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.

Station

Weekday Ridership Trend
Ridership by Time of Day

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Weekday Boardings
Branch	2006	2002	1999	1997	1995	1993	1991	1989	1987	1985	1983	1979
BNSF	26,547	25,114	25,355	24,200	22,546	21,995	21,980	22,620	21,361	20,005	18,545	22,845
Heritage	1,421	1,180	905	668	631	678	748	858	827	588	499	612
Milw-N	9,776	8,903	9,300	8,541	8,930	8,729	7,802	7,329	6,801	6,483	5,805	8,387
Milw-W	10,144	9,693	10,356	10,313	10,167	9,703	8,875	8,649	8,071	7,264	6,548	9,502
NCS	2,173	1,893	1,905	1,708
SWS	4,327	3,100	3,400	3,149	3,033	2,815	2,896	2,953	2,450	1,628	1,437	1,885
Total	54,388	49,883	51,221	48,579	45,307	43,920	42,301	42,409	39,510	35,968	32,834	43,231
Source: Metra Boarding and Alighting Counts

Weekday Alightings
Branch	2006	2002	1999	1997	1995	1993	1991	1989	1987	1985	1983
BNSF	26,434	25,476	26,178	24,475	23,023	22,280	21,852	22,696	21,803	20,589	19,277
Heritage	1,475	1,238	941	734	668	675	742	855	815	629	498
Milw-N	9,588	9,038	9,243	8,599	8,955	8,733	7,770	7,350	7,120	6,657	5,768
Milw-W	10,159	9,318	10,355	10,080	10,069	9,540	8,726	8,579	7,888	7,234	6,441
NCS	2,206	2,041	2,040	1,809
SWS	4,430	3,226	3,424	3,233	3,017	2,862	2,964	2,991	2,514	1,674	1,460
Total	54,292	50,337	52,181	48,930	45,732	44,090	42,054	42,471	40,140	36,783	33,444
Source: Metra Boarding and Alighting Counts