Metra is considering renaming all of its lines, as the rail agency prepares to take over operation of three Union Pacific routes. But before the takeover goes into effect, Metra and Union Pacific must ...

Metra will be operating its popular holiday trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December. Holiday train trips will be offered on the Metra ...

Service on two Metra lines serving the southwest suburbs has been halted during the Monday afternoon rush due to a drawbridge ...

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

Instead of the BNSF Line, how about West 3 (W3)? Or switching the Union Pacific North Line to Metra 1 (M1)? Metra is surveying passengers about a potential rebranding to make train lines easier to ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive train control system outage. Metra officials said, beginning around 5 p.m., ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metra trains were delayed in and out of Chicago's Union Station due to Amtrak switch problems Wednesday evening, and it will also ...

A Metra train hit and killed a pedestrian on Chicago’s West Side on Monday afternoon, which is expected to cause delays for ...