Metra will begin testing its new cafe car prototype on select routes next week. It plans to give free snacks and iced coffees to riders who offer feedback on the service. Workers gutted the second ...

Metra’s Union Pacific North (UP-N) line riders will soon have more opportunities to take the train on the weekends as the commuter rail agency plans to expand service next month. Metra has announced ...

The Chicago Transit Authority is receiving $74 million from its sister agencies to stave off service cuts by two to three months next year to buy time for state legislators to pass a funding bill and ...

Metra reopened its Grayland Station in Irving Park Thursday after nearly four years of construction. The station serves the Milwaukee District North Line that connects Fox Lake to Union Station in ...

Metra service has been restored on the BNSF line that carries commuter trains between Aurora and Chicago after an early morning freight train derailment caused significant delays. The disruption ...

Back in the day, Metra riders could fortify themselves after an arduous day at the office in what was known as a bar car. Those havens were gradually decommissioned but some passengers haven’t ...

Metra Union Pacific North line train service has been temporarily suspended on Monday morning. Metra confirmed the suspension was caused by emergency track repairs near Evanston Main Street. Outbound ...

Trains on a busy Metra line that runs from Chicago up through the northern suburbs and into Wisconsin were suspended for hours Monday morning due to "emergency track repairs," Metra said. The service ...

Looking to make its dollar go further, Metra turned to Progress Rail to convert former freight locomotives into passenger power for Chicago. Over the past few years, Sean Cronin, Senior Director of ...

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