Nearly 30 years after the idea was first formally explored, a new commission was born Friday with the goal of finally delivering a passenger rail system that connects Milwaukee, ...

Local artist Charlie Dean explains his unique postal service, delivering messages in person anywhere from one to 58 weeks ...

NOTE: Metra initially indicated that an Amtrak train had struck the pedestrian, but the agency later clarified that the person was hit by a Metra train A Metra passenger train struck a pedestrian near ...

Train service was interrupted and a major roadway was closed after a Metra train struck a vehicle in Arlington Heights. According to officials, a Metra UP-Northwest train struck a vehicle on Saturday ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Metra train struck a pedestrian on Chicago's West Side on Monday evening, officials said. A Metra spokesperson said a Union Pacific West Line train hit a man at the Kedzie station ...

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

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tickets for Metra's popular holiday trains sold out within minutes on Monday. The tradition returns in December for Metra passengers who snagged tickets. Metra said they sold out of ...

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 ...

Metra Milwaukee District North service is affected after a train hit a vehicle in the north suburbs, the commuter rail said. Greater Round Lake fire crews responded just after noon to a crash ...

A woman with an intellectual disability reported missing in Joliet may have taken a Metra train to Chicago on Tuesday, police said. Selene M. Turner, 58, was reported missing Tuesday from a residence ...