The Metra system, with its current names and color-coding. Metra is considering renaming the lines to a more uniform system. Metra CHICAGO — Metra has begun a rider survey over renaming its lines from ...

F59PHI No. 79 leads a Metra UP Northwest train into Des Plaines, Ill., on May 3, 2024. Metra is asking the Surface Transportation Board to take action to ensure it can continue to operate on UP lines.

Metra filed separate actions with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board and in federal court seeking relief from what they called “windfall” rates proposed by UP to use its tracks.

Why did Metra pay a team of outside lawyers $1.57 million to investigate its Police Department? The firm McGuireWoods was hired in 2023 to dive into anonymous allegations of troubling behavior and ...

Trains on the Metra BNSF line were halted just in time for the afternoon rush Monday, after a train hit and killed a pedestrian in Downers Grove, Illinois. Downers Grove police said at 4:36 p.m ...

A Metra train struck a pedestrian near the Main Street Railroad Crossing in Downers Grove Tuesday morning, according to Downers Grove officials. It is the second day in a row a pedestrian has been ...

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.

Metra trains in the western suburbs were halted Tuesday morning and delays were expected after a pedestrian was struck by a train, authorities said. The incident come as several other Metra lines ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WLS) -- BNSF Metra trains are moving normally again in the west suburbs after a train hit a man, the commuter rail and police said Monday. Trains were stopped near the Downers ...

WINFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra Union Pacific West Line trains were disrupted after a pedestrian was struck by a train Tuesday morning. The incident occurred near the Winfield Station. A Metra ...

Metra BNSF Line trains were delayed Tuesday mornning after emergency repairs were needed on the tracks in Downers Grove. Sun-Times file Share Metra BNSF Line trains were running on schedule by ...