For the first time since the early 1980's, passenger rail service is expected to return to Rockford, as Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced a new state partnership with Metra to extend one of ...

Commuter service for thousands of Union Pacific riders is in jeopardy amid an impasse with the freight railroad over track usage, Metra leaders warned on Friday. Metra filed separate actions with the ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that rescues Metra, Pace and the CTA from financial implosion, steers $1.5 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new public transit funding bill Tuesday. It provides enough funding, he ...

GLENCOE, Ill. (WLS) -- Two people were injured when a Metra train hit a car at the north suburban Glencoe station Monday afternoon. A Metra spokesperson said a man and woman were transported to a ...

Chicago’s Metra on June 3 kicked off its 40th anniversary celebration with a week of activities, including a free weekend for riders June 8-9, as well as a special edition of its quarterly magazine.

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A 13-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died after the car they were riding in drove through a railroad crossing gate and was struck by a Metra train in suburban Chicago, authorities said. The boy ...