Metra is adding more trains on the UP North, UP West and Rock Island lines Saturday and Sunday to accommodate those heading ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 1 denied a petition for injunctive relief and application for an emergency ...

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch The crash happened before 9 a.m. at 87th and Pulaski, Metra said. SWS train #808 struck a vehicle, Metra did not say if anybody was injured.

According to a 5:25 a.m. post from Metra, BNSF train #1200 traveling from the western suburbs to Union Station in Chicago was halted near Halsted after a pedestrian was struck.

Metra is surveying passengers about a potential rebranding to make train lines easier to understand for infrequent travelers. One option would use a color representing the downtown station, a ...

Metra considers replacing rail line names with numbers, letters The rail system began a public outreach that could rename all lines by number or direction. By David Struett Mar 10, 2025, 4:49pm PDT ...

Trains on the Metra BNSF line were halted just in time for the afternoon rush Monday, after a train hit and killed a pedestrian in Downers Grove, Illinois. Downers Grove police said at 4:36 p.m ...

The initiative aims to develop renewable energy infrastructure to support the high-speed rail network. The proposed PV/BESS project will involve the installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels to ...

A northbound Metra Electric line train hit an SUV around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at the crossing near 87th and Baltimore. Four people were in the SUV at the time.

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch The SUV was driving eastbound on 87th Street when it collided with a northbound Metra Electric train on the South Chicago Line, Metra said.

It was not clear how the vehicle ended up on the tracks to be hit by a train in Robbins. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch. Lin-Manuel Miranda's ‘SNL' Cameo as Alexander Hamilton ...