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 ...

The plan includes Metra Electric track and signal upgrades, and major tie replacements on three lines, plus other system-wide improvements. Credit: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock. Chicago’s commuter rail ...

Chicago’s commuter rail system Metra has announced a comprehensive 2025 construction programme, focusing on station improvements, track maintenance, and signal upgrades across its network.

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.

Some west suburban Metra rains Monday afternoon were stopped and faced "extensive delays" due to police activity, Metra said in statements posted to social media. The Metra UP-W line, which runs ...

A Metra train arrives at the LaSalle Street Metra Station. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Metra deserves credit for thinking about renaming each of its 14 commuter rail lines in a bid to help ...

Installation of new ticket vending machines and train tracking signs at Metra’s 243 stations are progressing as planned, officials said Wednesday. So far, 285 signs have been installed at 110 ...

Metra’s larger projects are focused on improving 52 stations this year across its lines. Metra, along with its railroad and municipal partners, announced the projects they’ll be taking on ...

Sun-Times file Share The CTA could eliminate half its bus lines, Metra could end service on its Electric Blue Island branch and Pace could cut all weekend bus service under a worst-case scenario ...

A Metra train was stopped in Chicago's southwest suburbs in the middle of the afternoon rush Thursday, after it hit a semi-trailer truck on the tracks. Metra Heritage Corridor Train 915 was ...

Bus service would also be affected. Services on Metra and Pace could also be slashed. CTA would go from one of the largest transit systems in the country to having fewer bus routes than Madison ...