The train sets look like streetcars. Metra spokesman Michael Gillis says the cars will be assigned to the Blue Island branch of the Rock Island District. They are ideal for a line with stations ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Metra is going green with the purchase of new battery-powered electric trainsets. The Metra Board of Directors on Friday approved $154 million for an order of eight two-car sets.

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 ...

Similarly, UPNW Train #720, which was set to arrive at Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center at 4:23 p.m., was halted. It wasn't immediately known how long both delays would last. Metra didn't ...

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 ...

ROBBINS, Ill. (CBS) -- A car was struck by a Metra train in south suburban Robbins Monday afternoon, right before the start of the afternoon rush. Rock Island District Line train 419, scheduled to ...

Empire Builder trains scheduled to leave Union Station for Seattle at 11:05 a.m. and 3:05 p.m. on Monday have been canceled, according to Amtrak.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra Union Pacific West trains were stopped, after a train hit a vehicle in Melrose Park Thursday evening, the commuter rail said. Metra said in a post on X just after 5 p.m ...