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 ...

Metra is considering renaming its lines in the Chicago area. The rail agency has released a survey to gauge public feedback on the potential changes, saying it aims to "make the system easier to ...

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 ...

A Metra train was stopped in Chicago's southwest suburbs in the middle of the afternoon rush Thursday, after it hit a semi-trailer truck on the tracks. Metra Heritage Corridor Train 915 was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...