A Metra train arrives at the LaSalle Street Metra Station. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Metra deserves credit for thinking about renaming each of its 14 commuter rail lines in a bid to help ...

Passengers walk toward their Metra train at Union Station last year. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share How Metra named its 14 suburban commuter rail lines made little sense. Its two “Milwa ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines.

Trains on the Metra BNSF line were halted just in time for the afternoon rush Monday, after a train hit and killed a pedestrian in Downers Grove, Illinois. Downers Grove police said at 4:36 p.m ...

Service has returned to normal on four Metra commuter lines, after issues related to the extreme cold delayed several trains during the Tuesday morning rush, and a freight train hit a pedestrian ...

A pedestrian was struck by a commuter train near the Winfield depot at about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, according to a social media post by Metra. Metra officials said the pedestrian was taken to Central ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WLS) -- BNSF Metra trains are moving normally again in the west suburbs after a train hit a man, the commuter rail and police said Monday. Trains were stopped near the Downers ...

Metra officials have halted service through the BNSF corridor and are warning commuters to expect extensive delays. Monday, a pedestrian was struck just after 4:30 p.m. by an eastbound train near ...

Metra trains in the western suburbs were halted Tuesday morning and delays were expected after a pedestrian was struck by a train, authorities said. The incident come as several other Metra lines ...

A Metra train struck a pedestrian near the Main Street Railroad Crossing in Downers Grove Tuesday morning, according to Downers Grove officials. It is the second day in a row a pedestrian has been ...

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 ...