Chicago City Wire

54th/Cermak station ridership decreased by 25.9 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