CHICAGO (CBS)--Two Metra train lines are now running with dedicated bike cars. The cars have room for 16 bicycles, instead of the five allowed on Metra's other accessible cars. The bike cars are ...

Two Metra lines out of Union Station are at a standstill over a drawbridge malfunction late in the Tuesday rush hour. "The Southwest Service and Heritage Corridor lines are stopped because an Amtrak ...

CHICAGO — Commuters faced extensive delays during rush hour on Friday morning after a car struck a bridge on the city’s Northwest Side, halting two Metra lines. According to Metra, the crash occurred ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people were hospitalized following a Metra train crash in the city's South Shore neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The #8310 train struck a vehicle just ...

The city of Aurora is looking to increase parking prices at the city’s two Metra stations. The proposal, set to go before the Aurora City Council on Tuesday, would increase parking prices from $2 per ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The derailment of two Metra commuter trains along the same line were accidents and just a bizarre coincidence likely caused by track problems, authorities said Wednesday. The FBI had ...

Battery-operated railcars are coming to Metra in a few years, making the commuter railroad among the first in the U.S. to use the new technology. Metra board directors on Wednesday approved a $154 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Metra will pay millions for a crash that killed two teenaged girls at a troubled intersection where others were also hurt. A train hit the car, killing two girls. On Thursday, Metra's ...

A federal board has upped Metra’s rent at Chicago Union Station, resolving a more than two-year dispute between the commuter rail service and Amtrak. In a 31-page decision, the Surface Transportation ...

CLARENDON HILLS, Ill. (WLS) -- A Metra passenger was killed and four other people were injured after BNSF train hit a box truck in Clarendon Hills Wednesday morning. Metra spokesman Michael Gillis ...

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