After months of grave warnings by Chicago-area transit leaders, unions and commuters, the Illinois General Assembly passed a ...

The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) has increased one-way fare prices on the South Shore Line by 10 ...

The proposal would replace the Regional Transportation Authority​ — which oversees the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra ...

Illinois lawmakers on May 28 unveiled a bill that proposes to replace the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), which ...

Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a bill at session's end on May 31 that would give Chicago-area transit agencies the funding ...

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend ...

CHICAGO — Union Pacific is seeking to nearly double track access fees for Metra commuter trains on lines in the Chicago area, ...

The state of Illinois is proposing to replace the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) with a new body as a transit ...

A Seventh Circuit case over the concealed-carry of guns on Chicago trains and buses poses the latest opportunity to define ...

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.

Boston, Chicago and Seattle all negotiated agreements by which commuter rail runs on lines owned by freight companies. A local commuter rail would run more frequently than Amtrak, with a ...