Metra is exploring financing options to address the urgent need to replace its ageing bridge infrastructure in the Chicago metropolitan area.

The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to ...

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

The agency owns 446 bridges, of which 80 percent of them are at least more than 75 years old and have surpassed their functional lifespan and are increasingly expensive to ...

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

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

As many members of the Northwestern community undoubtedly know, the Chicago Transit Authority is facing a crisis. Transit ...

The CTA relies on its “protectors of the railroad” — hundreds of workers ready to repair any rail cracks caused by subzero ...

Metra has set aside $17 million to improve its station at Davis Street. The Davis Street Metra station in downtown Evanston ...

Chicago’s metro operator Metra spent $150m on a new fleet, getting rid of some of the oldest and most polluting rolling stock ...

Metra Union Pacific West trains were stopped, after a train hit a vehicle in Melrose Park Thursday evening, the commuter rail said.

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, ...