The plan includes Metra Electric track and signal upgrades, and major tie replacements on three lines, plus other system-wide improvements. Credit: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock. Chicago’s commuter rail ...

Sun-Times file Share The CTA could eliminate half its bus lines, Metra could end service on its Electric Blue Island branch and Pace could cut all weekend bus service under a worst-case scenario ...

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 is asking for the public’s thoughts on renaming lines in a survey. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share As a transportation planner involved in the creation of the Regional ...

Metra has unveiled its 2025 construction programme, detailing a series of infrastructure improvements across its network in the Chicago metropolitan area. The planned works include upgrades at 52 ...

A Metra UP West train approaches the station at River Forest, Ill., while a UP train waits in the distance. The Surface Transportation Board has set the schedule to address Metra’s request for an ...

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, ...

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 ...

Electrical technology firm ABB will provide components for Stadler orders for Caltrans (shown in a rendering) and Metra. Stadler MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Global electrical technology firm ABB will ...

The Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace, has long called on state lawmakers to help fill major funding gaps in order to prevent its ...