The federal funding agreement pledges more than $1.9 billion for the estimated $5.75 billion project, which will extend the CTA's Red Line by 5.5 miles, from 95th Street to 130th Street, and add four ...

An idea first floated more than 50 years ago to extend the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line to the Far South Side is closer to becoming a reality with nearly $2B in federal funding now secured.

An initial survey of residents of the “Tent City” homeless encampment in Elgin found that 36 individuals are interested in ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a pointed endorsement Friday of embattled CTA President Dorval Carter ahead of a potential ...

The Elgin City Council has approved a $2.5 million contract with ATI Restoration to demolish and clear the eight-acre ...

The Chicago Transit Authority is moving forward to extend the Red Line on the city’s Far South Side, at a cost of more than ...

Metra trains on the Union Pacific Northwest line bound for McHenry County were experiencing delays Tuesday after reports of a ...

RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2025 ISSUE: Should we welcome—or dread—2025?

It’s not an entirely new concept, but it has been gaining favor over the past three decades. It’s through-running: the ...

Citing equipment issues, Amtrak has cancelled one Hiawatha today (Jan. 6), after two other cancellations along the same route ...

As we begin a new year, Eric White, Cody Grivno, Mitch Horner, and I take a look back at some Model Railroader’s favorite ...

Who needs California Psychics when homegrown Illinois seers are ready to prognosticate about planes, trains and automobiles ...