Metra will be operating its popular holiday trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December. Holiday train trips will be offered on the Metra ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WLS) -- A Metra police officer was stabbed at a north suburban train station on Sunday, officials said. Metra said the officer responded to a station in Arlington Heights for ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive train control system outage. Metra officials said, beginning around 5 p.m., ...

Metra will begin testing its new cafe car prototype on select routes next week. It plans to give free snacks and iced coffees to riders who offer feedback on the service. Workers gutted the second ...

Just days after the Surface Transportation Board (STB) granted Metra’s application for terminal trackage rights to continue commuter rail service over three Union Pacific-owned lines in Chicagoland, ...

Union Pacific Railroad sued Metra Monday in an escalation of an ongoing compensation dispute between the two railroads. Union Pacific alleges Metra owes it close to $2.3 million in the lawsuit, which ...

Next time you hop on Metra, you may not need to stop for that cup of coffee before you board. Metra is considering reviving an old concept with a new flair — a café car. Just about every day, people ...

WASHINGTON - The Surface Transportation Board has denied Metra's request for a temporary injunction or emergency service order protecting commuter operations on three Union Pacific lines in the ...

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The plan includes Metra Electric track and signal upgrades, and major tie replacements on three lines, plus other system-wide improvements. Credit: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock. Chicago’s commuter rail ...