Attention Metra riders: A new pilot program begins Monday, and it means how you show your tickets could change. According to a press release, the pilot program will require passengers at select ...

Metra riders boarding trains downtown outside of rush hour can expect a departure from tradition this week. Instead of ...

Trains along Metra's Union Pacific Northwest line were operating with delays on Saturday evening after one person was killed when a train struck a vehicle, authorities said. While specifics of the ...

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Projects will focus on station improvements, grade crossing replacements, bridge repairs and upgrades to track, electrical and signal equipment.

A Metra train to Chicago from the western suburbs was delayed Wednesday morning after an unconscious man was found near the tracks.

Metra commuter rail service will run for another ten years on host freight railroad BNSF’s Chicago-Aurora line, following the ...