Metra riders should expect to pay an average of 13% more per ride next year as the commuter rail service proposes fare increases in response to a looming fiscal crisis. The fare increases are outlined ...

Metra recently unveiled a prototype Café Car, which offers snacks and drinks, rotating it across rush-hour trains on its busiest lines. The agency is asking riders to weigh in on whether they’d like ...

Chicago's Ventra system is set to undergo a system upgrade overnight Friday into Saturday morning, which will take all their readers offline. The outage is planned from 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 until ...

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It's not the smoke-filled, boozy bar cars of the past, but Metra is experimenting with new café cars that offer coffee, soda and snacks. Why it matters: Metra provided about 3 million passenger trips ...

Metra Electric train service was halted early Tuesday after a vehicle became stuck on the tracks, prompting extensive delays ...

Metra announced fare hikes in its 2026 budget, part of a broader regional policy requiring the Chicago Transit Authority, ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive ...

Looking for Christmas trains in Chicago? These popular rides fill up quickly, but there are still many available Polar ...

House Democrats have dropped a sweeping transit overhaul to bailout Chicago area transit, which would have raised $1.5 ...

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 ...