CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra will operate a special early getaway schedule on Good Friday to help accommodate holiday travelers. The trains are designed to get customers home and help them start their ...

Metra has unveiled its schedule for popular holiday trains on five lines this season. The rail agency said it will offer trips on specially decorated trains with holiday characters this December, but ...

We savored the Loop and all it had to offer because we were here five days a week. That version of downtown depended on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the evening rush hour got under way Wednesday, Metra rail users on the BNSF line hoped to avoid the severe overcrowding that has plagued several trains this week as the result of ...

A yearly tradition will make its return this week as Chicago-area residents can get free transit rides on New Year’s Eve.

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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., ...

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A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train in Downers Grove, Illinois Tuesday morning. According to Metra officials, an inbound BNSF train hit a pedestrian around 7:30 a.m. in Downers Grove. The ...

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