Francisco station ridership decreased by 54.4 percent during March compared to the previous year, according to the Chicago Transportation Authority.
The CTA calculates ridership by counting the customers who board a transit vehicle (bus or rail). The station that saw the largest decrease in ridership was Quincy/Wells station with a 75.9 percent drop.
Train transit experienced a 51.4 percent decline in ridership overall during the month. Bus ridership across the city during the same month saw a decrease of 33.8 percent year over year. The bus route that saw the largest decrease was the Stockton/LaSalle Express with a decrease of 87 percent.
So far, the CTA has made no service cuts, even with the decrease in ridership. The Metra, which provides service to many of Chicago’s suburbs, has seen a 97 percent decrease in ridership, according to the Active Transportation Alliance. According to the Federal Transit Authority, Chicago’s public transportation sector received $1.43 billion in bailout funds from the CARES act to combat the decrease in ridership.
| Rank | Station | Ridership decline year over year (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quincy/Wells | 75.9 |
| 2 | UIC-Halsted | 73.7 |
| 3 | Monroe (Blue Line – Dearborn Subway) | 72.8 |
| 4 | Montrose (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 70.6 |
| 5 | Jackson (Red Line – State Street Subway) | 70.4 |
| 6 | Merchandise Mart | 70 |
| 7 | Clinton (Blue Line – Forest Park) | 68.5 |
| 8 | Oak Park (Blue Line – Forest Park) | 68.4 |
| 9 | LaSalle/Van Buren | 68.2 |
| 10 | Washington/Wells | 68.1 |
| 11 | Monroe (Red Line – State Street Subway) | 67.9 |
| 12 | Clark/Lake | 66.6 |
| 13 | Jackson (Blue Line – Dearborn Subway) | 66.4 |
| 14 | Addison (Brown Line) | 65.9 |
| 15 | Fullerton | 64.8 |
| 16 | Adams/Wabash | 63.9 |
| 17 | Irving Park (Brown Line) | 62.1 |
| 18 | Racine | 61.4 |
| 19 | Rockwell | 61.3 |
| 20 | Southport | 60.8 |
| 21 | Clinton (Green Line – Lake Street) | 60.7 |
| 22 | Washington | 60.6 |
| 23 | California (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 60.1 |
| 24 | LaSalle | 58.7 |
| 24 | Ridgeland | 58.7 |
| 26 | Western (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 58.6 |
| 27 | Montrose (Brown Line) | 58.1 |
| 28 | Diversey | 57.8 |
| 29 | Lake | 57.4 |
| 30 | Harrison | 57.1 |
| 31 | Armitage | 57 |
| 31 | Cumberland | 57 |
| 31 | Damen (Brown Line) | 57 |
| 34 | Sox-35th | 56.3 |
| 35 | Oak Park (Green Line – Lake Street) | 55.7 |
| 35 | Harold Washington Library | 55.7 |
| 37 | Logan Square | 55.6 |
| 38 | Wellington | 55.4 |
| 39 | Paulina | 55.3 |
| 40 | Damen (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 54.9 |
| 41 | State/Lake | 54.7 |
| 42 | Grand (Red Line – North Side) | 54.6 |
| 43 | Addison (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 54.5 |
| 44 | Foster | 54.4 |
| 44 | Francisco | 54.4 |
| 46 | Kedzie (Green Line – Lake Street) | 54 |
| 46 | Chicago (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 54 |
| 46 | Sedgwick | 54 |
| 49 | Chicago (Brown Line) | 53.1 |
| 50 | Sheridan | 52.9 |
| 51 | Dempster-Skokie | 52.7 |
| 52 | Halsted (Orange Line) | 52.6 |
| 53 | Oakton | 52.2 |
| 54 | Division | 52 |
| 54 | Austin (Blue Line – Forest Park) | 52 |
| 56 | Western (Brown Line) | 51.1 |
| 57 | South Boulevard | 50.9 |
| 57 | Western (Blue Line – Forest Park) | 50.9 |
| 59 | Berwyn | 49.7 |
| 60 | Addison (Red Line – North Side) | 49.6 |
| 60 | Belmont (Red Line – North Side) | 49.6 |
| 62 | Morgan | 49.4 |
| 63 | Davis | 49.1 |
| 64 | O’Hare Airport | 48.8 |
| 65 | Indiana | 48.6 |
| 65 | 35th/Archer | 48.6 |
| 67 | Bryn Mawr | 48.5 |
| 67 | Dempster | 48.5 |
| 69 | Linden | 48.4 |
| 70 | Harlem (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 48.3 |
| 71 | Thorndale | 48 |
| 71 | Noyes | 48 |
| 71 | Cermak | 48 |
| 71 | Irving Park (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 48 |
| 71 | Grand (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 48 |
| 71 | Pulaski (Orange Line) | 48 |
| 77 | Main | 47 |
| 77 | Chicago (Red Line – North Side) | 47 |
| 77 | 63rd | 47 |
| 80 | Morse | 46.1 |
| 81 | North/Clybourn | 45.9 |
| 81 | 35-Bronzeville-IIT | 45.9 |
| 81 | Midway Airport | 45.9 |
| 84 | Forest Park | 45.7 |
| 85 | Lawrence | 45.6 |
| 85 | Clark/Division | 45.6 |
| 87 | 43rd | 45.4 |
| 88 | Argyle | 44.5 |
| 89 | Loyola | 44 |
| 89 | Belmont (Blue Line – O’Hare) | 44 |
| 91 | Washington/Wabash | 42.9 |
| 92 | Wilson | 42.7 |
| 92 | Rosemont | 42.7 |
| 92 | Jefferson Park | 42.7 |
| 95 | 87th | 42.6 |
| 95 | Medical Center | 42.6 |
| 97 | Garfield (Red Line – Dan Ryan) | 42.3 |
| 97 | Western (Orange Line) | 42.3 |
| 99 | Jarvis | 42.1 |
| 100 | 47th (Red Line – Dan Ryan) | 42 |
| 100 | 95/Dan Ryan | 42 |
| 100 | Kedzie-Homan | 42 |
| 100 | Ashland (Green Line – Lake Street) | 42 |
| 100 | Granville | 42 |
| 105 | Roosevelt | 41.3 |
| 106 | 79th | 41.2 |
| 106 | Austin (Green Line – Lake Street) | 41.2 |
| 108 | Kimball | 40.8 |
| 109 | Kedzie (Orange Line) | 40.4 |
| 110 | 69th | 40.3 |
| 111 | Harlem (Green Line – Lake Street) | 40.2 |
| 111 | Kedzie (Brown Line) | 40.2 |
| 113 | Laramie | 40.1 |
| 114 | Central (Green Line – Lake Street) | 39.4 |
| 115 | 47th (Green Line – South Elevated) | 39.1 |
| 116 | 51st | 39 |
| 116 | Garfield (Green Line – South Elevated) | 39 |
| 116 | Central (Purple Line – Evanston) | 39 |
| 116 | Central Park | 39 |
| 116 | Harlem (Blue Line – Forest Park) | 39 |
| 121 | Howard | 38.4 |
| 122 | Cicero (Green Line – Lake Street) | 37.6 |
| 122 | Halsted (Green Line – Ashland/63rd Branch) | 37.6 |
| 124 | East 63rd-Cottage Grove | 36.8 |
| 125 | Ashland/63rd | 36.6 |
| 126 | King Drive | 36.5 |
| 127 | Pulaski (Blue Line – Forest Park) | 35.9 |
| 128 | Kildare | 35.6 |
| 129 | California (Green Line – Lake Street) | 34.5 |
| 130 | Cermak-Chinatown | 33.9 |
| 131 | Cicero (Blue Line – Forest Park) | 33.8 |
| 132 | 18th | 32.7 |
| 132 | Ashland (Orange Line) | 32.7 |
| 134 | Kostner | 32.2 |
| 135 | Damen (Pink Line) | 30.7 |
| 136 | Pulaski (Pink Line) | 30.3 |
| 137 | Polk | 28.9 |
| 138 | Pulaski (Green Line – Lake Street) | 28.6 |
| 139 | Conservatory | 27.1 |
| 140 | 54th/Cermak | 25.9 |
| 141 | Kedzie (Pink Line) | 25.3 |
| 142 | California (Pink Line) | 24.3 |
| 143 | Cicero (Pink Line) | 23.5 |
| 144 | Western (Pink Line) | 21.4 |
