Metra tweeted that UP-NW train #629 was scheduled is stopped near Palatine after striking the vehicle. More information about ...

Metra on Monday acknowledged the confusion and began a public outreach effort that could potentially rename all of its lines by number or direction.

When Northwestern Psychiatry Program employee Barbara Sutcliffe went to buy her monthly shuttle pass, as usual, she was told by someone in line that the shuttle service would not continue next month.

CHICAGO (WGN) — A change in the operation on three of Metra’s lines has given the agency an opportunity to rename all lines, and the public has a chance to weigh in. Metra will soon assume ...

Metra on March 18 detailed its program for the 2025 construction season, covering station, track, road crossing, bridge, and signal/communications improvement projects along the Chicagoland commuter ...

Metra is considering renaming all of its lines, as the rail agency prepares to take over operation of three Union Pacific routes. But before the takeover goes into effect, Metra and Union Pacific ...

Travel between the downtown Metra train stations and the Streeterville campus is easy utilizing Chicago Transit Authority bus routes. Beginning in April 2025, Northwestern and campus partners ...

A BNSF Metra train was delayed about to 40 minutes today due to a fatal accident with a pedestrian, according to Metra. A BNSF line train was traveling eastbound towards Chicago Union Station when ...

Commuter service for thousands of Union Pacific riders is in jeopardy amid an impasse with the freight railroad over track usage, Metra leaders warned on Friday. Metra filed separate actions with ...

Passengers walk toward their Metra train at Union Station last year. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share How Metra named its 14 suburban commuter rail lines made little sense. Its two ...

How Metra named its 14 suburban commuter rail lines made little sense. Its two “Milwaukee” lines don’t go to the Wisconsin city — and are instead named after the Milwaukee Road the lines ...