In a news release sent last month, Metra says the biggest changes are the elimination of the 10-Ride Ticket as a fare option and the reduction of the number of fare zones from 10 to four.

Metra is extending its family fares deal, including weekdays, starting this week through Dec. 29. Family fares allow up to three kids age 11 and under to ride free with each adult. Family fares ...

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

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

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

ROBBINS, Ill. (WLS) -- One person was hospitalized, after a Metra train hit a vehicle in the south suburbs Monday afternoon.

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 ...

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

Metra officials said UPNW train #717 was scheduled ... “We’re waiting for a ride from Wisconsin to come and pick us up.” Officials later confirmed to WGN News that the person in the vehicle ...

On New Year’s Day, Sunday schedules will be in effect for various Pace routes. Free rides will be available on all Metra trains arriving at or departing from Metra’s downtown stations after 6 p.m. on ...

New Year’s Eve revelers will once again be able to obtain free rides on Metra, CTA, and Pace system buses and trains, the agencies said. Rides will be available for free on all three systems to ...

The No. 66 bus line is among four lines that passengers can ride for free on New Year’s Eve. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share Leave the car keys at home. The Chicago Transit Agency and Metra are ...