Empire Builder trains scheduled to leave Union Station for Seattle at 11:05 a.m. and 3:05 p.m. on Monday have been canceled, ...

Metra may leverage low-interest federal loans to replace or repair some of its oldest bridges. At a Wednesday meeting, board ...

The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to pay for replacing 17 bridges in the Chicago area.

The clock is ticking for transit agencies facing a crater-sized budget hole, Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski warned at ...

Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the last year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...

Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority released a plan calling for $1.5 billion in operating funding from state and ...

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific West line are halted near Melrose Park Thursday night after a train struck a vehicle.

The Chicago area’s four transit agencies are staring down a budget gap that could lead to massive service cuts and fare hikes ...

Inbound and outbound Metra UPNW trains are stopped near Norwood Park after a train struck a vehicle, killing one person.

There is a 59% chance for La Niña conditions until April with weak and short typhoons also likely to occur in the coming ...

Lorene Wilson, a 69-year-old Chicagoan, was killed. Bruscato questions the safety of the intersection, saying it is the same ...