Metra agreed to pay its lobbyist as much as $4.65 million in part for work related to a looming transit budget crisis, even as agency leaders brace for a potential shortage of cash caused by the ...

A Metra train was stopped in Chicago's southwest suburbs in the middle of the afternoon rush Thursday, after it hit a semi-trailer truck on the tracks. Metra Heritage Corridor Train 915 was ...

A Metra Milwaukee North train rolls past welded rail awaiting installation at Deerfield, Ill., on March 9, 2025. Metra has announced its construction-season plans. David Lassen CHICAGO — Improvements ...

Metra’s larger projects are focused on improving 52 stations this year across its lines. Metra, along with its railroad and municipal partners, announced the projects they’ll be taking on ...

Metra’s trains on the Milwaukee District North Line were halted Friday afternoon in the north suburbs after a freight train fatally struck a man in his 70s, according to the Lake Forest Police ...

A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a freight train Friday afternoon near Lake Forest, causing delays for Metra Milwaukee District North and Amtrak Hiawatha lines. Lake Forest police ...

Photo: Max Weingardt Train traffic has been halted after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a freight train at the Lake Forest West Metra station Friday afternoon. The Lake Forest Police Department, ...

Trains on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line have been halted Friday afternoon near Lake Forest after a freight train struck a pedestrian, Metra said. Inbound and outbound trains are impacted ...

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 ...

The Metra system, with its current names and color-coding. Metra is considering renaming the lines to a more uniform system. Metra CHICAGO — Metra has begun a rider survey over renaming its lines from ...

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 ...

Metra has launched a survey to gather feedback on potentially renaming lines to make the system “easier to understand for new and occasional riders,” the rail service announced Monday. The efforts ...