West Cook News

Chicago (Brown Line) station ridership increased by 85.5 percent during April 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).

UIC-Halsted station saw the largest increase in ridership with a 254.8 percent rise.

Rail and bus traffic took a serious hit during the pandemic. The Metra, which provides service to many of Chicago's suburbs, saw a 97% 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.

However, the CTA claimed ridership had rebounded 56 percent in the first six months of 2021. CTA's president Dorval R. Cart Jr. said weekday ridership has doubled since the initial shutdown.

Rank	Station	Ridership increase from 2021 to 2022 (%)
1	UIC-Halsted	254.8
2	Quincy/Wells	186.8
3	Fullerton	173.9
4	Adams/Wabash	159.6
5	Montrose (Blue Line - O'Hare)	158.7
6	Merchandise Mart	152.1
7	Monroe (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	150.2
8	Washington/Wells	137
9	Harold Washington Library	131.8
10	Jackson (Red Line - State Street Subway)	130.4
11	Southport	125.2
12	Argyle	124.8
13	Morgan	122.6
14	Armitage	120.7
15	LaSalle	117.1
16	Jackson (Blue Line - Dearborn Subway)	115.8
17	Foster	115
18	Clark/Lake	114
18	LaSalle/Van Buren	114
18	Diversey	114
21	Noyes	113.2
22	Sedgwick	112.3
23	Clinton (Blue Line - Forest Park)	110.9
24	Addison (Brown Line)	109.2
25	Monroe (Red Line - State Street Subway)	109.1
26	Irving Park (Brown Line)	108.5
27	Racine	107.8
28	Damen (Brown Line)	107.2
29	Rockwell	106.8
30	Washington	106.6
31	Paulina	103.7
32	Harrison	100.4
33	Wellington	99.4
34	Clinton (Green Line - Lake Street)	97.3
35	Montrose (Brown Line)	97.1
36	Grand (Red Line - North Side)	96.4
37	State/Lake	95.2
38	Chicago (Blue Line - O'Hare)	94.4
39	Oak Park (Blue Line - Forest Park)	94.3
40	Western (Blue Line - O'Hare)	92.1
41	Damen (Blue Line - O'Hare)	90.3
42	California (Blue Line - O'Hare)	89.1
43	Ridgeland	89
44	Halsted (Orange Line)	88.2
45	Division	87.2
46	Chicago (Brown Line)	85.5
47	Belmont (Red Line - North Side)	84.2
48	Grand (Blue Line - O'Hare)	82.6
49	Lake	82.2
50	Logan Square	80.5
51	Francisco	79.3
52	Cermak	77.5
53	Loyola	77.3
54	Wilson	77.2
55	Cermak-Chinatown	77
55	Addison (Red Line - North Side)	77
55	Addison (Blue Line - O'Hare)	77
58	Sheridan	75.3
59	Linden	75.1
60	Washington/Wabash	72
60	35-Bronzeville-IIT	72
62	Rosemont	69.4
62	Oak Park (Green Line - Lake Street)	69.4
64	Clark/Division	68.7
65	Western (Brown Line)	68.4
66	Granville	66.9
66	Pulaski (Orange Line)	66.9
68	Chicago (Red Line - North Side)	66.8
69	Sox-35th	65.5
70	O'Hare Airport	64.6
70	Midway Airport	64.6
72	35th/Archer	64.2
73	Oakton	60
73	Dempster	60
75	Cumberland	59.3
76	Damen (Pink Line)	58.6
77	Dempster-Skokie	58.5
78	Davis	58.3
78	Main	58.3
80	Belmont (Blue Line - O'Hare)	57.2
81	North/Clybourn	56.5
82	18th	55.8
83	Harlem (Blue Line - O'Hare)	53.2
84	South Boulevard	53.1
85	Kimball	52.7
86	Kedzie (Brown Line)	52.4
87	Kedzie (Orange Line)	51.7
88	Roosevelt	51.5
89	Bryn Mawr	49
90	Ashland (Green Line - Lake Street)	47.7
91	Thorndale	46
92	Western (Orange Line)	44.4
93	Morse	44.1
94	Jarvis	43.4
94	Western (Blue Line - Forest Park)	43.4
96	Garfield (Green Line - South Elevated)	40.8
97	Jefferson Park	40.7
98	Ashland (Orange Line)	40
99	Polk	38.9
100	Austin (Green Line - Lake Street)	38.8
101	Kedzie (Green Line - Lake Street)	37.4
102	54th/Cermak	36.3
103	Medical Center	34.1
104	Pulaski (Pink Line)	33
105	Austin (Blue Line - Forest Park)	32
105	Garfield (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	32
107	Central Park	29.9
108	Kedzie (Pink Line)	29.6
109	Indiana	29.4
110	Irving Park (Blue Line - O'Hare)	29.1
111	43rd	28.5
112	California (Green Line - Lake Street)	27.8
113	51st	26.2
114	California (Pink Line)	26
114	Western (Pink Line)	26
114	Central (Purple Line - Evanston)	26
117	Harlem (Green Line - Lake Street)	25
118	Howard	21.4
119	47th (Red Line - Dan Ryan)	19.9
120	Laramie	18.9
121	Cicero (Pink Line)	17.9
121	Halsted (Green Line - Ashland/63rd Branch)	17.9
123	47th (Green Line - South Elevated)	16.7
124	Conservatory	15.8
125	Kedzie-Homan	15.6
126	69th	15.1
127	Ashland/63rd	14.5
128	95/Dan Ryan	14.4
129	Central (Green Line - Lake Street)	13.9
130	63rd	12.1
131	87th	11.9
132	Forest Park	11.2
132	Kostner	11.2
134	79th	9.8
134	Pulaski (Blue Line - Forest Park)	9.8
136	East 63rd-Cottage Grove	8.8
137	King Drive	7.1
138	Cicero (Green Line - Lake Street)	3.6
139	Kildare	3
139	Harlem (Blue Line - Forest Park)	3
141	Cicero (Blue Line - Forest Park)	2.3