The Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace are encouraging residents to celebrate responsibly and take advantage of the ...

In a merger application, the railroad plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West ...

WASHINGTON — Union Pacific misused confidential materials from ongoing negotiations in its most recent Surface Transportation ...

WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board to deny Metra’s request that the board to settle the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a Metra train on the South Side in the city’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood, according to the train transportation company. A Metra Spokesperson ...

BENSENVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train Thursday in a suburb near O'Hare Airport. The crash happened around 1:13 p.m. at Church Road and Main Street near the ...

A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train in the west Chicago suburb of Bensenville Thursday afternoon. At 1:17 p.m., Metra reported that inbound Milwaukee District West train number 2236 struck a ...

Metra reported delays along its BNSF Line on Monday evening after a freight train struck a pedestrian in the western suburbs. The transit agency, in a social media post at 7:45 p.m., said inbound and ...

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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train hit a pedestrian in the west suburbs on Monday night, Metra said. Metra said the collision happened near Naperville. What led up to the crash was not ...