The Amtrak Borealis line, which runs from St. Paul to Chicago, surpassed ridership expectations during its first year, ...

Brightline, Florida’s private-sector passenger railroad, launches a partnership with JetBlue. Also, Chicago Transit Authority ...

During the COVID-19 lockdown, a band of masked robbers terrorized the city. It turned out they were just kids. Now, cops say ...

Amtrak’s Borealis, the passenger rail line running between St. Paul’s Union Depot and Chicago’s Union Station, recently ...

It's unclear if lawmakers will approve the $770 million needed to cover transit agencies’ budget holes in 2026 when federal ...

A funding crisis, the result of the refusal of Democrats and Republicans to tax the wealthy, threatens catastrophic service ...

Traveling by train ticks these boxes, including having someone else “take the wheel” and not dealing with traffic. We’ve calculated travel time from local Amtrak stations to several popular ...

Lawmakers still have time to avert a $771 million fiscal cliff. But transit agencies like the CTA will start planning now for ...

On 1 July 1925, the oldest railway in the world celebrated its 100th birthday. The Stockton to Darlington Railway was the ...

A Far North Side retail and office building that's home to iconic Chicago jazz venue the Green Mill is up for sale.

In 2018, a transit referendum that included light rail, an underground tunnel for transit and more bus service failed by a 2-to-1 vote margin. The reasons were multiple, from a mayoral scandal to a ...

The Chicago Fire announced plans today for a privately financed $650 million soccer stadium at the mostly vacant 62-acre site along the Chicago River at Roosevelt Road, giving the team a “world-class ...