Metra will make it easier to get to Bike the Drive by adding more service and more bike cars on its UP Northwest Line and Metra Electric Line.

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Sept. 2 granted Metra’s application for terminal trackage rights to continue ...

CHICAGO — Commuters faced extensive delays during rush hour on Friday morning after a car struck a bridge on the city’s Northwest Side, halting two Metra lines. According to Metra, the crash ...

At least two people were injured and a stretch of roadway in suburban Glencoe is closed after a car and a Metra train collided on Monday afternoon.

The Surface Transportation Board has granted Metra’s request for terminal trackage rights on three Union Pacific lines in the ...

Problems with the trains’ collision avoidance system made it difficult to control train traffic, according to Metra officials.

Two Metra train lines were shut down for hours Wednesday evening after a train leaving Chicago's Union Station derailed, ...

Metra seeks loan to speed up bridge repair The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to pay for replacing 17 bridges ...

Metra to buy low-emission locomotives in effort to go green The plan includes the commuter rail agency’s first zero-emission, electric-powered switch engine.

With Metra ridership still less than half of pre-pandemic levels and gas prices skyrocketing, the commuter rail service will soon test a new, cheaper monthly pass. Metra will sell monthly passes fo… ...