Train service for the Metra BNSF line was halted Wednesday night in the Chicago suburbs after a pedestrian was struck by a train near the Naperville station, Metra officials said. Metra confirmed ...

Metra BNSF trains were still operating at "restricted speeds" around 9 a.m Wednesday after a semi hit a bridge in Chicago, The crash caused lengthy delays to inbound and outbound trains. A train set ...

Tickets for Metra’s popular Holiday Trains go on sale at noon on Monday. The specially decorated trains are filled with holiday characters, and will run on five rail lines this ...

The trains, decked out in holiday lights and other festive decor, will run on five lines across three dates only.

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 ...

The beloved holiday tradition will return starting next week and run through late December, the Chicago Transit Authority ...

Tickets for the decorated trains trains — which feature holiday characters and treats — cost $10 each and must be purchased ...

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A Cook County jury awarded Metra $19.3 million in a lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad over not walking through trains and collecting fares during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have said all along ...

The Metra Board of Directors on Nov. 13 approved a $1.2 billion operating budget for 2026 that relies on new state funding and requires no fare increases or service cuts. The Board also approved a ...