Metra has launched a new program using remotely operated drones to monitor its rail lines and facilities, the commuter operator has announced. The pilot project, funded through a $620,000 ...

More than two months of disruptions to midday service on Metra’s Milwaukee North Line are on tap beginning Aug. 3 as the ...

Metra trains in the south suburbs were suspended and some roads were closed Wednesday morning after a freight train derailment, with officials warning of “significant traffic congestion” as first ...

A lengthy construction project will impact Metra service in Chicago’s northern suburbs for more than two months, the agency ...

Large crowds of commuters trying to get home amid brutally cold weather in Chicago crowded Union Station after a second day of rush hour train delays and cancellations. Metra warned the delays could ...

The program refurbished passenger railcars to like-new condition, extending their service life by up to 15 years while ...

CHICAGO — Tickets for Metra’s popular Holiday Trains go on sale at noon on Monday. The beloved decorated trains are filled with holiday characters, and will run on five rail lines this December.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra trains were delayed in and out of Chicago's Union Station due to Amtrak switch problems Wednesday evening, and it will also impact the Thursday morning commute. Metra expects ...

Just in time for the 4th of July, and America's 250th birthday, Metra has unveiled a specially painted train locomotive.

A driver was hospitalized Thursday after a car was hit by a Metra train in Chicago's Brainerd neighborhood. Metra said the accident happened around 10:15 a.m. at 90th Street and Hermitage Avenue, ...

A driver was hospitalized Thursday after a car was hit by a Metra train in Chicago’s Brainerd neighborhood.