Morton Grove officials have issued a request for proposals to redevelop the 8500 block of Lehigh Avenue, near the town’s Metra station and within a tax increment financing district. Proposals ...

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.

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 ...

Two Metra trains sit at Union Station last year. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share A pedestrian has died after being struck by an inbound BNSF Metra train near Downers Grove Tuesday morning.

Suburban Metra trains were stopped in Downers Grove and delays were expected Tuesday morning after a train on the BNSF line headed to Union Station in Chicago struck a pedestrian. A Metra ...

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train in Downers Grove, Illinois Tuesday morning. According to Metra officials, an inbound BNSF train hit a pedestrian around 7:30 a.m. in Downers Grove.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to Metra, BNSF train No. 1228 hit a pedestrian around 7:30 a.m. near the Downers Grove station at 5001 Main Street. Inbound and outbound train movement has resumed near Main Street.