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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines.

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 “Milwa ...

Metra filed separate actions with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board and in federal court seeking relief from what they called “windfall” rates proposed by UP to use its tracks.

Sun-Times file Share The CTA could eliminate half its bus lines, Metra could end service on its Electric Blue Island branch and Pace could cut all weekend bus service under a worst-case scenario ...

Originally, Metra blacked out descriptions of the actual work performed by consultants McGuireWoods when it responded to a Freedom of Information Act request for invoices in late 2024.

The event, dubbed a "Day of Action" by workers comes as COVID grant money is set to run out for Chicago-area transit agencies, including the CTA, Metra and Pace. In a report from the Regional ...

The RTA, which coordinates the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace, is facing a $770 million fiscal cliff next year when federal COVID relief funds run out. The transit agencies want ...

PALATINE, Ill. (WGN) — Delays are expected to be “extensive” during the Wednesday evening rush along Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line after a train struck a vehicle. Outbound trains ...

Bus service would also be affected. Services on Metra and Pace could also be slashed. CTA would go from one of the largest transit systems in the country to having fewer bus routes than Madison ...

NU announced it will end operations of the Metra Train Station Shuttle, which connects NU’s Chicago campus with several major train stations, March 28. Because she works downtown, Sutcliffe ...