Two Metra lines out of Union Station are at a standstill over a drawbridge malfunction late in the Tuesday rush hour. "The Southwest Service and Heritage Corridor lines are stopped because an Amtrak ...

ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- It's the stuff of nightmares – a car stalls in a railroad crossing, and the driver is forced to run for safety in the bitter cold. It happened not once, but twice Thursday ...

CHICAGO — Commuters faced extensive delays during rush hour on Friday morning after a car struck a bridge on the city’s Northwest Side, halting two Metra lines. According to Metra, the crash occurred ...

Metra announced upcoming schedule changes for both the Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West lines, with changes taking effect on Tuesday, May 30. According to Metra, the changes are being ...

Prices are set to go up from $2 per day or $42 for a monthly pass to $3 per day or $60 for a monthly pass starting in the new year.

Battery-operated railcars are coming to Metra in a few years, making the commuter railroad among the first in the U.S. to use the new technology. Metra board directors on Wednesday approved a $154 ...

All parking spaces in Naperville commuter rail lots will transition to daily fees in the coming months. The Naperville City Council Tuesday voted to eliminate the parking permit system at the Route 59 ...

With more than 200,000 new rail ties to be installed, 24 crossing rebuilds, 12 platform replacements and two new stations, Metra riders can expect a busy construction season. The agency's $504.6 ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The derailment of two Metra commuter trains along the same line were accidents and just a bizarre coincidence likely caused by track problems, authorities said Wednesday. The FBI had ...

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Metra has reduced the speed limit and altered a section of track near the location on Chicago's South Side where two trains have derailed in the past two years. The company replaced a ...