TTC: Complete Subway Station Ridership Figures

I've been sitting on these a while, meaning to type them up, so here they are. I have AM and PM peak figures too, but I'll just type the all day totals. These are from 2002.

Bathurst 29,454
Bay 34,579
Bloor 182,367
Broadview 29,227
Castle Frank 7,123
Chester 6,373
Christie 11,372
College 38,432
Coxwell 13,471
Davisville 21,470
Donlands 11,597
Downsview 33,094
Dufferin 25,909
Dundas 53,801
Dundas West 25,642
Dupont 12,305
Eglinton 71,497
Eglinton West 17,877
Ellesmere RT 1,712
Finch 91,319
Glencdairn 5,179
Greenwood 10,890
High Park 9,975
Islington 47,274
Jane 16,357
Keele 15,422
Kennedy 73,236
Kennedy RT 37,819
King 58,269
Kipling 44,297
Lansdowne 15,885
Lawrence 21,146
Lawrence East RT 9,523
Lawrence West 15,879
Main Street 24,318
McCowan RT 4,410
Midland RT 4,092
Museum 11,371
North York Centre 16,570
Old Mill 5,098
Osgoode 20,052
Ossington 22,995
Pape 29,118
Queen 51,423
Queen's Park 34,799
Rosedale 6,635
Royal York 19,538
Runnymede 17,986
Scarborough Centre RT 26,824
Sheppard 37,877
Sherbourne 21,840
Spadina BD 31,689
Spadina YUS 14,933
St. Andrew 49,412
St. Clair 34,367
St. Clair West 26,137
St. George BD 116,063
St. George YUS 104,922
St. Patrick 30,630
Summerhill 4,996
Union 77,782
Victoria Park 26,748
Warden 29,569
Wellesley 24,497
Wilson 22,063
Woodbine 11,688
Yonge 176,268
York Mills 21,194
Yorkdale 26,138

Combined total: 2,244,314
Sheppard Line Figures from 2003 (note preceding figures are from before Sheppard opened)

Bayview 5,167
Bessarion 1,851
Don Mills 25,743
Leslie 4,145
Sheppard-Yonge 32,464
Total: 69,370

Sheppard Line Figures from 2003

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Unfortunately the 2003 numbers are essentially useless since the count was made immediately following SARS.

We know the 2004 numbers had a 10% improvement (though a breakdown was not made available). Sheppard line growth since then should be higher than most other stations. 2006 ridership is probably closer to 55k daily ridership (110k station entry and exits) now.

Despite the perils of mixing the SARS-era Sheppard line data in with the rest, I couldn't resist putting these in numerical order:

Bloor 182,367
Yonge 176,268
St. George BD 116,063
St. George YUS 104,922
Finch 91,319
Union 77,782
Kennedy 73,236
Eglinton 71,497
King 58,269
Dundas 53,801
Queen 51,423
St. Andrew 49,412
Islington 47,274
Kipling 44,297
College 38,432
Sheppard 37,877
Kennedy RT 37,819
Queen's Park 34,799
Bay 34,579
St. Clair 34,367
Downsview 33,094
Sheppard-Yonge 32,464
Spadina BD 31,689
St. Patrick 30,630
Warden 29,569
Bathurst 29,454
Broadview 29,227
Pape 29,118
Scarborough Centre RT 26,824
Victoria Park 26,748
Yorkdale 26,138
St. Clair West 26,137
Dufferin 25,909
Don Mills 25,743
Dundas West 25,642
Wellesley 24,497
Main Street 24,318
Ossington 22,995
Wilson 22,063
Sherbourne 21,840
Davisville 21,470
York Mills 21,194
Lawrence 21,146
Osgoode 20,052
Royal York 19,538
Runnymede 17,986
Eglinton West 17,877
North York Centre 16,570
Jane 16,357
Lansdowne 15,885
Lawrence West 15,879
Keele 15,422
Spadina YUS 14,933
Coxwell 13,471
Dupont 12,305
Woodbine 11,688
Donlands 11,597
Christie 11,372
Museum 11,371
Greenwood 10,890
High Park 9,975
Lawrence East RT 9,523
Castle Frank 7,123
Rosedale 6,635
Chester 6,373
Glencairn 5,179
Bayview 5,167
Old Mill 5,098
Summerhill 4,996
McCowan RT 4,410
Leslie 4,145
Midland RT 4,092
Bessarion 1,851
Ellesmere RT 1,712
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There's also this way to consider the data...

Sheppard-Yonge 32,464
Bayview 5,167
Bessarion 1,851
Leslie 4,145
Don Mills 25,743

Finch 91,319
North York Centre 16,570
Sheppard 37,877
York Mills 21,194
Lawrence 21,146
Eglinton 71,497
Davisville 21,470
St. Clair 34,367
Summerhill 4,996
Rosedale 6,635
Bloor 182,367
Wellesley 24,497
College 38,432
Dundas 53,801
Queen 51,423
King 58,269
Union 77,782
St. Andrew 49,412
Osgoode 20,052
St. Patrick 30,630
Queen's Park 34,799
Museum 11,371
St. George 104,922
Spadina 14,933
Dupont 12,305
St. Clair West 26,137
Eglinton West 17,877
Glencairn 5,179
Lawrence West 15,879
Yorkdale 26,138
Wilson 22,063
Downsview 33,094

Kipling 44,297
Islington 47,274
Royal York 19,538
Old Mill 5,098
Jane 16,357
Runnymede 17,986
High Park 9,975
Keele 15,422
Dundas West 25,642
Lansdowne 15,885
Dufferin 25,909
Ossington 22,995
Christie 11,372
Bathurst 29,454
Spadina 31,689
St. George 116,063
Bay 34,579
Yonge 176,268
Sherbourne 21,840
Castle Frank 7,123
Broadview 29,227
Chester 6,373
Pape 29,118
Donlands 11,597
Greenwood 10,890
Coxwell 13,471
Woodbine 11,688
Main Street 24,318
Victoria Park 26,748
Warden 29,569
Kennedy 73,236

Kennedy RT 37,819
Lawrence East RT 9,523
Ellesmere RT 1,712
Midland RT 4,092
Scarborough Centre RT 26,824
McCowan RT 4,410

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Castle Frank 7,123
Rosedale 6,635
Chester 6,373
Glencairn 5,179
Bayview 5,167
Old Mill 5,098
Summerhill 4,996
McCowan RT 4,410
Leslie 4,145
Midland RT 4,092
Bessarion 1,851
Ellesmere RT 1,712
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Interchange station needs to do better or it should be closed

Yet another interesting way to slice it:

Bloor line, west of St. George - 338,893
Danforth line, east of Yonge - 295,198
Spadina line, north of St. George - 173,605
Yonge line, north of Bloor - 327,071

St. Andrew 49,412
Osgoode 20,052
St. Patrick 30,630

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I had no idea that Osgoode had such low ridership.

Between the Opera House, Canda Life expansion, Shangri-La it should improve somewhat.

I wonder if the lack of a PATH connection impacts Osgoode ridership as well.

I'm really surprised that of the lines extending from downtown, the Bloor line has the highest ridership.

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Interchange station needs to do better or it should be closed

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:rollin

Interesting. How do they count someone that goes from Finch to Bloor, and then transfer to Yonge, and onward to Kennedy? Aside from being a silly route, would it just count the entry point?

i'm not sure i quite understand these figures. are these daily average riderships? for weekdays only, or do they include weekends? are they entry-only or do they include transfers?

finally, i thought the subway had a daily ridership of 855,300 (according to 2005 figures from the APTA), but these seem to indicate 2.2 million riders. is that because repeat entrances are counted (ie, enter at finch, exit at queen, enter at queen, exit at finch = four separate rides)?

are these each station's turnstyle entrance/exit numbers?

Interesting. How do they count someone that goes from Finch to Bloor, and then transfer to Yonge, and onward to Kennedy? Aside from being a silly route, would it just count the entry point?

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This person has used 4 station platforms. They would be counted 4 times. Once for Finch, once for the Yonge platform at Bloor/Yonge, once for the Bloor platorm at Bloor/Yonge, and once at Kennedy.

If you want to calculate segment usage it is best not to include transfer points.

This is not how the TTC counts their 430M ridership value. The above route would be a single trip counted as 1 rider.

Notice that the above numbers add up to nearly 600M per year without including surface/surface trips like the downtown streetcars.

"I'm really surprised that of the lines extending from downtown, the Bloor line has the highest ridership."

I've long suspected that ridership on the Yonge line isn't as high as is believed, but it has probably gone back on top because of the Sheppard line and all the developments around there. I don't take the Bloor line out west very often but every time I do, I'm surprised by the crowds.

The Yonge line only seems to be so crowded because it's very top heavy. During previous commuting, I found that even the standing room was fully occupied by Sheppard from time to time. This means that essentially all riders who use Yonge in rush hour experience uncomfortable crowding for the entire duration of their trip.

If Sheppard station is the transition point between regular crowding and severe crowding, then you can assume that severe crowding occurs once the daily ridership reaches 150,000, the sum of Finch, NY, and Sheppard stations. On the Bloor line, that number is surpassed at High Park in the west, and Woodbine in the east. Therefore the Bloor line is only uncomfortably crowded for about 50% of the trip downtown, compared to almost 100% for Yonge.