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Chicago’s Metra announces 2025 infrastructure upgrade plan Metra's 2025 projects include upgrades to 52 stations and replacing 43 grade crossings.
Metra on March 18 detailed its program for the 2025 construction season, covering station, track, road crossing, bridge, and signal/communications improvement projects along the Chicagoland commuter ...
The cost of three days’ work preparing a report for the Metra board about alleged police department misconduct? Around $45,000, documents show. But while the financials of the $1.57 million ...
State Rep. Kambium “Kam” Buckner expressed “deep disappointment” in Metra’s decision to withhold the results of an internal investigation.
Facing troubling allegations including misconduct, racism, promiscuity and cronyism at the Metra Police Department, leaders authorized an investigation that ended up costing about $1.57 million ...
As Metra lines continued to face delays Monday morning across the Chicago area, the commuter rail system issued a statement explaining what led to the disruption.
Kenosha police are investigating a fatal crash between a southbound Metra train and a Union Pacific worker that disrupted the Union Pacific North Line train service.
After the Regional Transportation Authority reorganized in 1983, the Commuter Rail Service Board was created. Here’s how the transit agency now known as Metra has changed since its inception.
Chicago's Metra has ordered eight BEMUs from Stadler in a $154m order that also includes options for another eight trains and up to 32 cars.
Metra plans to buy battery-powered trains that could hit the rails as early as 2027 on the Rock Island line, potentially fast-tracking a move to greener and more frequent off-peak service.
Michael Gillis, a spokesman for Metra, joined ABC7 Chicago to discuss what riders can expect. Metra is introducing a new fare plan, which means an increase in ticket prices. Gillis explained that ...