Metra, the primary commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area, announced it will be exploring alternative finance ...

A motorist has died after a Metra train struck a vehicle Tuesday morning near west suburban River Grove, causing delays to at ...

Service on two Metra train lines was stopped after a train collided with a vehicle Tuesday morning in the west suburbs.

Extensive delays on the Milwaukee District West and North Central Service lines were "expected to last for a while," a ...

Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski's grim warning last week to the transit agency's board of directors was in many ways a ...

Commuter operator Metra says it is considering the rarely used option of outside financing to address its increasingly urgent ...

Grand Trunk Western steam provided a last look for many Midwest railfans. Despite having a large population with sizeable ...

BRIAN NADIG A Norwood Park woman was killed at about 3:50 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, when an outbound Metra train struck her ...

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

ROBBINS, Ill. (CBS) -- A car was struck by a Metra train in south suburban Robbins Monday afternoon, right before the start of the afternoon rush. Rock Island District Line train 419, scheduled to ...

An investigation remains underway after a driver was killed when their vehicle was struck by a Metra UP-Northwest train on Saturday night.