HORNELL, NY—Alstom opened a state-of-the art factory here to build bilevel passenger cars for use on Chicago’s Metra commuter ...

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

The plan includes Metra Electric track and signal upgrades, and major tie replacements on three lines, plus other system-wide improvements. Credit: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock. Chicago’s commuter rail ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A change in the operation on three of Metra’s lines has given the agency an opportunity to rename all lines, and the public has a chance to weigh in. Metra will soon assume ...

Subsequently, Metra provided mostly unredacted documents in 2025. Buried in 130 pages of legal bills are clues about a wide-ranging eight-month audit that began in February 2023. Here’s an ...

A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train in the northern suburbs Thursday, leading to "extensive delays" and shifted train schedules, Metra said. According to Metra, inbound and outbound train ...

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.

The CTA Train Tracker will let you know if you are hopping on a holiday ride with a candy cane logo. Tickets for Metra's popular holiday train go are on sale now. Tickets are available on the ...

OXFORD, England and MADISON, N.J., Oct. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OrganOx Ltd, a world-leading organ medical technology company, today announced Health Canada has approved the OrganOx metra ...

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. "The cause is the failure of the ...

The new royal-on-blue Metra logo (which originally included the words “Metropolitan Rail”) was soon added to stations, signs and commuter rail cars and locomotives. The first locomotive to be ...