Commuter operator Metra says it is considering the rarely used option of outside financing to address its increasingly urgent ...

The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to ...

B oth inbound and outbound Metra trains on the Union Pacific North line have been halted near North Chicago on Thursday morning due to a pedestrian being struck by a train, Metra has announced on ...

Metra may leverage low-interest federal loans to replace or repair some of its oldest bridges. At a Wednesday meeting, board ...

A man was killed Thursday morning when he was hit by a Metra train near the Waukegan-North Chicago border, a spokeswoman for the commuter rail agency said. The Lake County Coroner’s Office said ...

A person was killed Saturday after a Metra train hit a vehicle on the Chicago's Northwest Side, officials said. The Metra ...

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific West line are halted ... Early in the month, a pedestrian was struck by a UP-North train near North Chicago, according to the agency. Feeling out of the loop?

The agency owns 446 bridges, of which 80 percent of them are at least more than 75 years old and have surpassed their functional lifespan and are increasingly expensive 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, ...

Metra is exploring financing options to address the urgent need to replace its ageing bridge infrastructure in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Prospective Chicago-area renters struggling to find suitable housing know all too well that the suburbs are red-hot, with ...

BRIAN NADIG A Norwood Park woman was killed at about 3:50 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, when an outbound Metra train struck her ...