CHICAGO (AP) — The chairman of Metra, one of the largest commuter rail agencies in the country, on Wednesday defended a costly buyout of its former executive director against criticism that it ...

HUNTLEY, Ill. (WTVO) — The Village of Huntley has dropped out of a planned stop in the forthcoming Rockford-to-Chicago Metra rail service. Village Manager David Johnson said Huntley officials had ...

The push to extend Metra from Kenosha to Racine and on to Milwaukee is starting to sound like "The Little Engine That Could." With a little huffing and puffing Congress two weeks ago passed a new $286 ...

Metra officials on Friday voted to approve price increases on one-way tickets and weekend passes. The changes include a 6 percent increase in one-way fares and weekend rides would increase from $5 to ...