Metra settled on the location for its new Woodstock rail yard — the farmland near the existing Union Pacific Northwest Line ...

Metra tweeted that UP-NW train #629 was scheduled is stopped near Palatine after striking the vehicle. More information about ...

Metra warned the dispute could lead to the end of commuter rail service on the Union Pacific lines, which make up 39% of its ridership, as soon as July 1. The federal lawsuit, filed Friday ...

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 ...

As U.S. transit agencies increasingly order buses powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells, some of these same agencies ...

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.

How Metra named its 14 suburban commuter rail lines made little sense. Its two “Milwaukee” lines don’t go to the Wisconsin city — and are instead named after the Milwaukee Road the lines ...

With a service area encompassing more than 3,700 square miles, Metra offers 243 stations across its 11 commuter rail lines. On March 10, it launched a survey and scheduled public outreach events to ...

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 ...