Sun-Times file Share Metra is taking the rare step of applying for a loan to help quicken the pace of fixing its hundreds of aging bridges. The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from ...

The delay lasted until about 7:30 p.m. CHICAGO - Video obtained by FOX 32 Chicago showed flames coming from a Metra train Monday evening, causing significant delays. What we know: The train was on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra Union Pacific West trains were stopped, after a train hit a vehicle in Melrose Park Thursday evening, the commuter rail said. Metra said in a post on X just after 5 p.m ...

Testing is being supported by Systra, ahead of entry into service this spring. Deliveries will continue through 2025, gradually replacing 35-year old F59PH locomotives which Exo acquired from ...

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific West line are halted near Melrose Park Thursday night after a train struck a vehicle. According to the agency, trains are halted in both directions after the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Monday's bitter temperatures could affect the way Chicagoans get around. Metra, Amtrak, and the CTA are monitoring the incoming frigid weather to try to prevent delays and ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. — Metra riders faced some delays during rush hour on Thursday after a train hit a car in the western suburbs. In an update shared on X by Metra at around 5:10 p.m. Thursday ...

In 2026, the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace face a combined $770 million yearly deficit and potentially a 40% reduction in bus and rail service. The Regional Transit Authority ...

"Extensive" delays along Metra's Rock Island District line were likely after a vehicle was struck by a train on Monday afternoon in south suburban Robbins, the transit agency said. Footage ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are questions about safety for drivers at an intersection where Metra tracks cross Nagle and Avondale on the Northwest Side. It was the scene of a fatal crash Saturday and ...

Cars drive over the Metra crossing at Nagle and Avondale avenues in Norwood Park on August 9, 2021. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago NORWOOD PARK — A 69-year-old Norwood Park woman was fatally ...