Nearly 30 years after the idea was first formally explored, a new commission was born Friday with the goal of finally delivering a passenger rail system that connects Milwaukee, ...

CHICAGO — Tickets for Metra’s popular Holiday Trains go on sale at noon on Monday. The beloved decorated trains are filled with holiday characters, and will run on five rail lines this December.

A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a Metra train on the South Side in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood, according to ...

An Amtrak passenger train struck a pedestrian near suburban Aurora, impacting train service in the area. According to a Metra ...

Train service was interrupted and a major roadway was closed after a Metra train struck a vehicle in Arlington Heights.

The MARK Rail Commission is studying a proposed passenger rail line to connect Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, and Chicago.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Metra train struck a pedestrian on Chicago's West Side on Monday evening, officials said. A Metra spokesperson said a Union Pacific West Line train hit a man at the Kedzie station ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tickets for Metra's popular holiday trains sold out within minutes on Monday. The tradition returns in December for Metra passengers who snagged tickets. Metra said they sold out of ...

Metra on Dec. 1 advised the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that “despite concerted and ongoing efforts,” no agreement has ...

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