More than four years after Metra Rail purchased its first used building, a warehouse in Harvey that sits on 10.5 acres, the agency is moving forward with plans to transform the unfinished site ...

The specially painted Metra train with a theme honoring U.S. military veterans is set to start service on the Rock Island Line, moving to the BNSF and the Milwaukee District lines in December ...

Metra plans to run holiday trains on six lines beginning Nov. 30. Sun-Times file Share Metra’s special holiday-themed trains will return beginning Nov. 30 across six lines. The $5 tickets for ...

An outbound Metra BNSF Line train comes to a halt at the Highlands station in Hinsdale, Ill., while an express train passes on the center track on Nov. 1, 2024. David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra’s board of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Multiple Metra trains were delayed Wednesday evening after a body was found near train tracks on the North Side. The affected train lines were the UP West Line, Milwaukee North ...

Editor’s note: Metra officials originally reported a pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train, but have since issued an update saying no one was hit by a train. The following story has ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra Union Pacific service was disrupted on the North Side after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a train Friday morning. Metra said inbound and outbound trains were halted ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police activity disrupted multiple Metra lines in Chicago during the evening rush Wednesday. Metra Union Pacific West and Milwaukee District West trains were stopped at the ...

Commuters ran into big delays on Wednesday evening after Metra trains were halted following the discovery of a body near train tracks on Chicago's North Side, according to officials. According to ...

Metra UP West train No. 507 departs La Fox, Ill., on Oct. 19, 2024. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified an agreement covering the transfer of operations of ...

Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago CHICAGO — New survey findings from the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition show the majority of Chicago-area voters support merging the CTA, Metra and Pace under one ...