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The trips include the Metra Electric, BNSF, Milwaukee District West, Rock Island, and Union Pacific Northwest lines.

The beloved holiday tradition will return starting next week and run through late December, the Chicago Transit Authority ...

CHICAGO -- Metra and Amtrak passengers should expect delays at Union Station during the Wednesday evening commute after a partial train derailment. Crews were still working to remove the train from ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra trains entering and leaving Union Station were extremely delayed during the Friday morning rush due to Amtrak "computer signaling problems" on the north and south sides of the ...

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 ...

Two incidents disrupted Chicago's Metra BNSF line: a pedestrian struck by a freight train near Naperville and a truck hitting ...

Tickets for Metra’s popular Holiday Trains go on sale at noon on Monday. The specially decorated trains are filled with ...

A Metra train struck a pedestrian on Chicago's West Side on Monday evening, officials said. A Metra spokesperson said a Union ...

The Davis Street fix-up is a multi-year project, so more funding will be needed down the road, or down the tracks. The 2026 ...