Metra may leverage low-interest federal loans to replace or repair some of its oldest bridges. At a Wednesday meeting, board ...

Commuter operator Metra says it is considering the rarely used option of outside financing to address its increasingly urgent ...

The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to ...

Empire Builder trains scheduled to leave Union Station for Seattle at 11:05 a.m. and 3:05 p.m. on Monday have been canceled, ...

Inbound and outbound Metra UPNW trains are stopped near Norwood Park after a train struck a vehicle, killing one person.

BRIAN NADIG A Norwood Park woman was killed at about 3:50 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, when an outbound Metra train struck her ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Metra is going green with the purchase of new battery-powered electric trainsets. The Metra Board of Directors on Friday approved $154 million for an order of eight two-car sets.

Metra is exploring financing options to address the urgent need to replace its ageing bridge infrastructure in the Chicago metropolitan area.

A person was killed Saturday after a Metra train hit a vehicle on the Chicago's Northwest Side, officials said. The Metra UP-NW line was extensively delayed.

Over the past 15 years, four people have been killed at the Nagle Avenue Metra crossing in Norwood Park. Officials say new ...