Plans to launch a Milwaukee-to-Madison rail service were revived in 2021, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which ...

After a night that saw crowds of passengers waiting for delayed trains at Union Station, Metra is warning of more delays on ...

The schedule changes will allow more vehicle availability to decrease overcrowding and skipped stops, SEPTA said.

Metra trains were delayed in and out of Chicago's Union Station due to Amtrak switch problems Wednesday evening, and it will ...

Metra and Amtrak trains dealt with major backups Wednesday evening and the backups are expected to affect Thursday morning's ...

A track switching problem at Union Station in downtown Chicago was causing delays for three Metra commuter train lines during the Wednesday evening rush.

The 133-foot-long locomotive, the only Big Boy to still travel the tracks, returned to service in 2019 and has made multiple ...

When you board an American long-distance train, you are trading airport routine for entry into a locomotive-driven realm where there is neither TSA nor WiFi.

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Big Boy No. 4014, described as “the Elvis Presley of locomotives,” could begin its first ever coast-to-coast tour in just a ...

POTUS 47 appoints a second Presidential Advisory Board (PEB) to help settle an ongoing contract dispute at MTA Long Island Rail Road in New York. Also, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) advances an ...