Union Pacific Railroad sued Metra Monday in an escalation of an ongoing compensation dispute between the two railroads. Union Pacific alleges Metra owes it close to $2.3 million in the lawsuit, which ...

Metra earlier this month unveiled a $1.1 billion budget for 2026 that it said includes “an RTA-mandated fare increase and ...

HOMETOWN, Ill. (WLS) -- A major design change is coming to the Metra railroad crossing where a pedestrian was killed and three others were seriously injured after a car was struck by a train last week ...

BARRINGTON, Ill. — A wrongful death lawsuit alleges negligence on behalf of two of the region’s railroad transit companies following the January 2024 death of a suburban teenager fatally struck by a ...

A person was killed and two others injured after a Union Pacific train and a vehicle collided in Elgin Thursday morning.

Metra riders have until the week of Nov. 17 to visit and opine on Metra’s café car concept. The commuter rail agency is ...

Metra Electric service will be impacted on three weekends in late October and early November due to construction work ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the evening rush hour got under way Wednesday, Metra rail users on the BNSF line hoped to avoid the severe overcrowding that has plagued several trains this week as the result of ...

Then, a number of mostly C&NW longer-distance commuter trains featured heavyweight railroad-operated "bar car" hand-me- later replaced by surplus lightweight lounges following the demise of the 400 ...

An elderly driver walked away with only minor injuries after her vehicle was struck by a Metra Union Pacific-Northwest train ...

An Amtrak train struck and killed a University Park resident on a bike at University Parkway and Governor’s Highway Thursday ...

About a month ago, attorney Bob Hanaford went through an old storage unit in Fox River Grove and cleaned out thousands of ...