Legislators have until the end of May to hammer out a solution to a fiscal crisis that public transit leaders say could lead to massive fare hikes and a 40% reduction in train and bus service.

A new bill aims to provide more efficient and reliable transit and dodge a fiscal crisis, write the Illinois AFL-CIO and ...

State lawmakers debating the future of Chicago-area transit have a new proposal to mull over, after a labor-backed coalition ...

The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to pay for replacing 17 bridges in the Chicago area, Metra announced ...

in February 2022. That train is among the latest group of cold-weather cancellations in the Midwest. David Lassen CHICAGO — Amtrak’s list of Midwest train cancellations because of extreme cold weather ...

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific West line are ... Early in the month, a pedestrian was struck by a UP-North train near North Chicago, according to the agency. Feeling out of the loop?

COOK COUNTY - A Metra train struck a vehicle near Melrose Park on Thursday, causing significant delays during the evening rush hour. The duration of the delay is unknown, according to the transit ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. — Metra riders faced some delays during rush hour on Thursday after a train hit a car in the western suburbs. In an update shared on X by Metra at around 5:10 p.m. Thursday ...

A Chicago judge’s controversial text message ... showed a child with a toy labeled “My First Ankle Monitor.” Though intended as holiday humor, the message sparked an immediate backlash ...

went past the gate and was hit by a train, a Metra spokesperson said. The Nagle avenue Metra crossing in Norwood Park as seen on Jan. 15, 2025. Credit: Molly DeVore/ Block Club Chicago Her death was ...

While the holiday is a time-honored tradition, it had a prolonged path to acceptance. Passengers depart the Caltrain Norcal MLK Celebration Train in San Francisco on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on ...

Chicago-area transit leaders are making their ... it would equal 28 extra lanes of traffic. One full Metra train of riders forced to drive would require 34 lanes of expressway to accommodate.