Commuters across the Chicago area are now able to take unlimited rides across the region’s transit system with the purchase ...

The WNBA filed trademarks for the name “Portland Fire” and a stylized “P” logo earlier this week, potentially indicating that the league’s 15th franchise will revive the Fire name from the team that ...

Metra is also in the midst of ticket vending machine installation. So far, 215 ticket vending machines have been placed at 123 stations, with 75 more to be installed by fall.

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 ...

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The new royal-on-blue Metra logo (which originally included the words “Metropolitan Rail”) was soon added to stations, signs and commuter rail cars and locomotives. The first locomotive to be ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- What was supposed to be a simple storage warehouse for the Metra transit agency has now buried the nation's fourth-busiest commuter rail system in a sinking money pit, the ABC7 I ...

The Ventra app experienced widespread failures beginning Feb. 1, the day Metra rolled out new fares and closed its remaining ticket windows, and the glitches lingered in the following days.

I don't understand why. Maybe I just got lucky," Jumic said. The issues also came as Metra took away its remaining ticket windows in order to push more riders to use the Ventra app. The rail ...

The commuter rail agency announced in January it would overhaul fares and close the rest of its ticket windows on Feb. 1. The Ventra app, which Metra and CTA riders use to manage tickets as well ...

The errors first started Thursday morning on a "big day" for Metra as numerous ticketing and fare changes took effect. Among those changes were the closures of ticketing windows, with Metra urging ...