Landmark legislation intended to prevent service cuts on the CTA, Metra and Pace goes into effect today. The transit law is ...

The Regional Transportation Authority today authorized a 0.25% increase in the RTA sales tax, beginning the transition from ...

Metra officials have announced a plan to expand service on both weekdays and weekends on the Rock Island Line beginning next ...

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has reached a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract with ...

Holiday Trains Return: Metra’s festive Holiday Trains will run on five rail lines this December — Metra Electric, BNSF, Milwaukee District West, Rock Island, and Union Pacific Northwest — featuring ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Metra train struck a vehicle on Friday morning. Extensive delays are expected, Metra said. The crash happened before 9 a.m. at 87th and Pulaski, Metra said. SWS train #808 struck a ...

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 complete ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Thursday's extreme cold impacted the morning commute for many people in the Chicago area, as trains on five Metra lines and one CTA line came to a temporary halt because of breaks or ...

Metra hired a team of outside lawyers, who worked more than seven months, to conduct an internal investigation that cost the agency nearly $1.57 million. But the outcome of the 2023 investigation ...

Service has returned to normal on four Metra commuter lines, after issues related to the extreme cold delayed several trains during the Tuesday morning rush, and a freight train hit a pedestrian along ...

CHICAGO - Metra is launching a pilot program Monday requiring riders on select trains to show their tickets before boarding in Chicago. How it works Beginning today, some riders will be asked to ...