Metra agreed to pay its lobbyist as much as $4.65 million in part for work related to a looming transit budget crisis, even as agency leaders brace for a potential shortage of cash caused by the ...

A Metra train was stopped in Chicago's southwest suburbs in the middle of the afternoon rush Thursday, after it hit a semi-trailer truck on the tracks. Metra Heritage Corridor Train 915 was ...

The plan includes Metra Electric track and signal upgrades, and major tie replacements on three lines, plus other system-wide improvements. Credit: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock. Chicago’s commuter rail ...

Metra’s larger projects are focused on improving 52 stations this year across its lines. Metra, along with its railroad and municipal partners, announced the projects they’ll be taking on ...

A Metra Milwaukee North train rolls past welded rail awaiting installation at Deerfield, Ill., on March 9, 2025. Metra has announced its construction-season plans. David Lassen CHICAGO — Improvements ...

MLB, Topps and Nike have partnered to recognize baseball's elite performers from last season with custom gold-embellished MLB logos on their jerseys that will then be used to create trading cards.

A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a freight train Friday afternoon near Lake Forest, causing delays for Metra Milwaukee District North and Amtrak Hiawatha lines. Lake Forest police ...

Photo: Max Weingardt Train traffic has been halted after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a freight train at the Lake Forest West Metra station Friday afternoon. The Lake Forest Police Department, ...

A Metra train arrives at the LaSalle Street Metra Station. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Metra deserves credit for thinking about renaming each of its 14 commuter rail lines in a bid to help ...

Senate Bill 5 would abolish the CTA, Metra, Pace and RTA boards and create a superagency, the Metropolitan Mobility Authority, offering universal fares and seamless travel. The rival Senate Bill ...

Metra is considering renaming all of its lines, as the rail agency prepares to take over operation of three Union Pacific routes. But before the takeover goes into effect, Metra and Union Pacific ...

An inbound Union Pacific North Metra train at the Davis Street station late on the night of May 2, 2024. Credit: Igor Studenkov The Evanston Fire Department responded to the Davis Street Metra station ...