Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count 2010 Weekend
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Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count 2010 Weekend TRAIN-BY-TRAIN DETAIL November DRAFT, 2011 Metra Division of Strategic Capital Planning/Grants Development This report was prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the Illinois Department of Transportation. The contents reflect the views of the author who is responsible for the facts and accuracy presented. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of IDOT or U.S. DOT. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. 2010 WEEKEND COMMUTER RAIL PASSENGER BOARDING & ALIGHTING COUNT TRAIN-BY-TRAIN DETAIL This document presents tabulations of a station passenger count for C Intermediate Passengers is the sum of riders not traveling to a each train of the commuter rail system conducted during Saturdays and downtown station inbound or from a downtown station outbound. Sundays of the summer and fall of 2010. Data collection was performed by an outside contractor who was responsible for hiring and C Passenger Miles represents the combined number of miles that all deploying survey personnel. Counters were positioned at the passengers traveled on a given train. entranceway of each revenue car, covering all trains for a given rail line on a single Saturday and a single Sunday, with the exception of the C Average Trip Length is the number of passenger miles divided by Electric District, where counts were spread over two weekends. This the total number of passengers on a given train. full count was done twice, once in the summer and once again in the fall. The North Central Service and Heritage Corridor were not C Passenger transfer activity on Saturdays has been estimated and counted, because they have no weekend service. Also, the South Shore isolated at particular stations on the Electric District to line was not counted. discriminate between riders entering or leaving stations from passengers changing trains. Saturday transfer activity occurs at The passenger activity (i.e., boardings, or “ons”; and alightings, or Electric District 55th-56th-57th, 59th, 63rd, 67th, and 115th “offs”) is organized by rail line, which are ordered geographically from stations. south to north, as shown in the “List of Tables” on page iii. Data for each station are displayed by train, which are ordered chronologically A detailed examination of the entire 2010 weekend passenger count according to downtown station arrival (inbound) and departure data set was made for completeness and accuracy by Metra staff, which (outbound). Data are separated between inbound (even numbered led to recounts being made on a few trains. Overall, the accuracy of the trains) and outbound (odd numbered trains). The departure and arrival information was judged good for the specific day of each line's count. times are also shown for each train. The day(s) and date(s) of each line However, the validity of the counts as being representative of "typical" count are also noted. In addition to the train level data presented, ridership levels is somewhat more difficult to gauge. A one-day count, station passenger activity is summarized by inbound, outbound, and all as opposed to averages derived from multiple observations, is more trains. Count dates for each line, and significant concurrent special susceptible to random variations due to factors like weather, road traffic events are shown on the following page. conditions, and time of year. Week-to-week fluctuations are usually greater for a weekend count than a weekday count, because a larger Other explanatory points and qualifications include the following: portion of weekend riders travel for recreational and other discretionary purposes, which vary depending on events. Given that no other data C A blank cell represents a station not served by a particular train. source presently exists which breaks weekend passenger use down to Zero represents a station stop where there was no passenger the station stop/train level, most users will need to assume that the data activity reported (i.e., no boardings or alightings). is representative. C Maximum Load Point is the last station on inbound trains with the greatest arriving load, and the first station on outbound trains with Metra Division of Strategic Capital Planning/Grants the greatest departing load. Development November 2011 i Count Dates By Line, Day, and Season Major Downtown Chicago Special Events During Count Line Northerly Island & Day Summer Fall Day Date Home Sports Various Parks Soldier Field. McCormick Place Metra Electric District Saturday, May 22 White Sox Memorial Day Parade Restaurant Saturdays Jun. 19 & Jul. 17 Sep. 11 & 18 Sunday, May 23 White Sox Restaurant Sundays Jun. 20 & Jul. 18 Sep. 19 Saturday, Jun. 05 White Sox Avon Breast Cancer Walk Gospel Music Fest Clinical Oncology Rock Island District Sunday, Jun. 06 White Sox Avon Breast Cancer Walk Gospel Music Fest pop/rock concert Saturday Jun. 5 Oct. 9 Sunday Jun. 6 Oct. 10 Saturday, Jun. 12 Cubs Blues Music Fest pop/rock concert Sunday, Jun. 13 Cubs Blues Music Fest; VisionWalk SouthWest Service Saturday May 22 Oct. 30 Saturday, Jun. 19 Cubs Puerto Rican Parade pop/rock concert Sunday, Jun. 20 Cubs Water Works Assn. BNSF Railway Saturday May 22 Oct. 16 Saturday, Jul. 10 White Sox Old St. Pat's Block Party pop/rock concert; RPM Car Show Sunday May 23 Oct. 17 Sunday, Jul. 11 White Sox World Cup Soccer fest Union Pacific West Line Saturday, Jul. 17 Cubs Chinatown Fair Food Technology Saturday Jul. 24 Oct. 23 Sunday, Jul. 18 Cubs pop/rock concert Food Technology Sunday Jul. 25 Oct. 24 Saturday, Jul. 24 Cubs Disability Pride Parade Subway Milwaukee District West Line Sunday, Jul. 25 Cubs Subway Saturday Jul. 10 Oct. 2 Sunday Jul. 11 Oct. 3 Saturday, Sep. 11 White Sox Mexican Independence Parade; Lung Run Mus. of Sci. & Ind. free day Union Pacific Northwest Line Saturday Jun. 12 Sep. 25 Saturday, Sep. 18 White Sox Yom Kippur Viva! (Latin) Music Fest Manufacturing Tech Sunday Jun. 13 Sep. 26 Sunday, Sep. 19 White Sox Milwaukee District North Line Saturday, Sep. 25 Cubs Saturday Jul. 10 Oct. 2 Sunday, Sep. 26 Cubs Sunday Jul. 11 Oct. 3 Saturday, Oct. 02 White Sox AIDS Run/Walk Oral Surgeons Union Pacific North Line Sunday, Oct. 03 White Sox Saturday Jul. 24 Oct. 6 Sunday Jul. 25 Oct. 7 Saturday, Oct. 09 Sunday, Oct. 10 Chicago Marathon; Country Music Fest Columbus Day weekend Saturday, Oct. 16 Sunday, Oct. 17 Bears Saturday, Oct. 23 Chicagoween Fest Diabetes Walk Sunday, Oct. 24 Bears Chicagoween Fest Saturday, Oct. 30 Chicagoween Fest Saturday, Nov. 06 Sunday, Nov. 07 Bears ii 2010 WEEKEND COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM PASSENGER BOARDING & ALIGHTING COUNT - LIST OF TABLES Page Page Page Page ELECTRIC DISTRICT BNSF RAILWAY MILWAUKEE DISTRICT WEST LINE MILWAUKEE DISTRICT NORTH LINE Saturday Summer June 19 & July 17 Saturday Summer May 22 Saturday Summer July 10 Saturday Summer July 10 Station Summary . 1 Station Summary . 49 Station Summary . 77 Station Summary . 101 Inbound Trains . 2 Inbound Trains . 50 Inbound Trains . 78 Inbound Trains . 102 Outbound Trains . 7 Outbound Trains . 52 Outbound Trains . 79 Outbound Trains . 103 Saturday Fall September 11 & 18 Saturday Fall October 16 Saturday Fall October 2 Saturday Fall October 2 Station Summary . 12 Station Summary . 54 Station Summary . 80 Station Summary . 104 Inbound Trains . 13 Inbound Trains . 55 Inbound Trains . 81 Inbound Trains . 105 Outbound Trains . 18 Outbound Trains . 57 Outbound Trains . 82 Outbound Trains . 106 Sunday Summer June 20 & July 18 Sunday Summer May 23 Sunday Summer July 11 Sunday Summer July 11 Station Summary . 23 Station Summary . 59 Station Summary . 83 Station Summary . 107 Inbound Trains . 24 Inbound Trains . 60 Inbound Trains . 84 Inbound Trains . 108 Outbound Trains . 26 Outbound Trains . 61 Outbound Trains . 85 Outbound Trains . 109 Sunday Fall September 19 Sunday Fall October 17 Sunday Fall October 3 Sunday Fall October 3 Station Summary . 28 Station Summary . 62 Station Summary . 86 Station Summary . 110 Inbound Trains . 29 Inbound Trains . 63 Inbound Trains . 87 Inbound Trains . 111 Outbound Trains . 31 Outbound Trains . 64 Outbound Trains . 88 Outbound Trains . 112 ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT UNION PACIFIC WEST LINE UNION PACIFIC NORTHWEST LINE UNION PACIFIC NORTH LINE Saturday Summer June 5 Saturday Summer July 24 Saturday Summer June 12 Saturday Summer July 24 Station Summary . 33 Station Summary . 65 Station Summary . 89 Station Summary . 113 Inbound Trains . 34 Inbound Trains . 66 Inbound Trains . 90 Inbound Trains . 114 Outbound Trains . 35 Outbound Trains . 67 Outbound Trains . 91 Outbound Trains . 116 Saturday Fall October 9 Saturday Fall October 23 Saturday Fall September 25 Saturday Fall November 6 Station Summary . 36 Station Summary . 68 Station Summary . 92 Station Summary . 118 Inbound Trains . 37 Inbound Trains . 69 Inbound Trains . 93 Inbound Trains . 119 Outbound Trains . 38 Outbound Trains . 70 Outbound Trains . 94 Outbound Trains . 121 Sunday Summer June 6 Sunday Summer July 25 Sunday Summer June 13 Sunday Summer July 25 Station Summary . 39 Station Summary . 71 Station Summary . 95 Station Summary . 123 Inbound Trains . 40 Inbound Trains . 72 Inbound Trains . 96 Inbound Trains . 124 Outbound Trains . 41 Outbound Trains . 73 Outbound Trains . 97 Outbound Trains . 125 Sunday Fall October 10 Sunday Fall October 24 Sunday Fall September 26 Sunday Fall November 7 Station Summary . 42 Station Summary . 74 Station Summary