Chicago should build a new train line that provides Lincoln Yards, The 78 and adjacent neighborhoods with mass transit service.

A man was killed after a freight train backed into a FedEx semi in Back of the Yards on Monday morning. The collision happened about 6:30 a.m. in the Norfolk Southern rail yard at 350 W. Garfield ...

A Chicago shooting on a CTA Red Line train early Wednesday morning left a man critically injured, officials said.

Labor unions and some of the biggest names in Chicago’s development community — attached to projects like Vista Tower, Lincoln Yards and The 78 — are teaming up with United Way of… ...

A crash involving a Chicago Transit Authority train occurred Thursday morning in the city’s Rogers Park neighborhood, injuring at least 38 people, three of whom are in critical condition.

A guide to 13 Chicago megadevelopments currently in the works. While Lincoln Yards looks to build a neighborhood from scratch on Chicago River’s north branch, developer Related Midwest is ...

In his 1916 ode to Chicago, Carl Sandburg referred to the city as the “hog butcher for the world, tool maker, stacker of wheat; player with railroads and the nation's freight handle.” ...

It was a scene that unfolded live on television as dozens of people rushed a railyard in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, stealing items from a parked freight train. Monday, the investigation into ...

Metra issued an alert that the train scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 6:10 a.m. was stopped due to the police activity. Police were called to the scene for reports of a burglary in progress.

Sun-Times reporter Sophie Sherry and transportation expert Joseph Schwieterman appeared on WBEZ’s Reset to talk about the recent CTA Yellow Line crash and what it means for train safety.