WASHINGTON — Union Pacific is disputing Metra’s claim that it “misused confidential communications” in a recent Surface ...

WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board to deny Metra’s request that the board to settle the terms of Metra operation on three UP lines, calling it an attempt to stall UP ...

MDN inbound and outbound trains will be halted near Ingleside due to a vehicle on the tracks. Delay times are unknown but ...

Being violent on Metra trains could now get passengers suspended from riding them. The Metra board adopted a Passenger Code of Conduct, giving the agency the ability to punish riders whose behavior ...

Police are investigating after a body was found Friday evening near train tracks in the north suburbs. A spokesperson for ...

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. - Metra trains on the Milwaukee District North Line were extensively delayed due to police activity on ...

Metra leaders agreed Wednesday to spend $71 million on 15 refurbished locomotives to replace some of the railroad's oldest engines. Officials acknowledged the replacements aren't the same as new ones, ...

Multiple Metra BNSF trains were canceled on Christmas Eve due to an "operational incident," the rail agency announced. The ...

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Metra expects to spend close to $2.6 billion in the next five years on locomotives, rail cars, bridges, stations and other improvements that could potentially speed the daily commutes of Chicago-area ...

In September, Metra promised it wouldn’t increase fares and planned to prioritize a backlog of improvements with a new infusion of money from the state capital infrastructure bill. After a budget ...