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Metra commuter rail service will run for another ten years on host freight railroad BNSF’s Chicago-Aurora line, following the ...

The Metra Board of Directors last month approved two settlements worth a combined $43 million for victims of a 2020 collision ...

The unofficial start of outdoor running season kicked off with the 2026 Shamrock Shuffle on Sunday morning. Thousands of runners hit the pavement starting in Grant Park and through the Loop in an 8K ...

A Waukegan man saw what looked like a person wrapped in a blanket inside a large pipe Saturday night while driving on Jackson Street and, upon further investigation, found a man spending the night ...

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Metra service on a busy suburban Chicago line was stopped Friday morning due to a vehicle on the tracks, with 'extensive delays' expected The halted trains were on the Metra MD-North line, which runs ...

CHICAGO — Commuters faced some delays on Friday morning after a car on the tracks halted Metra MDN trains. According to officials from Metra, Milwaukee District North (MDN) inbound and outbound trains ...

What to give the railfan who has everything? How about a Metra clock? Or a Metra body pillow? Those items and many others will be available starting Wednesday when the commuter railroad debuts an ...

An investigation is underway.

Metra officials are scrutinizing what went wrong Tuesday after a malfunction in an automatic braking system halted trains at the peak of the afternoon rush. About 80 trains and thousands of passengers ...