The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to ...

Empire Builder trains scheduled to leave Union Station for Seattle at 11:05 a.m. and 3:05 p.m. on Monday have been canceled, ...

Metra may leverage low-interest federal loans to replace or repair some of its oldest bridges. At a Wednesday meeting, board ...

Lorene Wilson, a 69-year-old Chicagoan, was killed. Bruscato questions the safety of the intersection, saying it is the same ...

A Metra train struck a vehicle in Chicago's Norwood Park, causing at least one death. The incident occurred around 3:50 p.m.

Commuter operator Metra says it is considering the rarely used option of outside financing to address its increasingly urgent ...

ROBBINS, Ill. (CBS) -- A vehicle was struck by a Metra train in south suburban Robbins Monday afternoon, right before the ...

The clock is ticking for transit agencies facing a crater-sized budget hole, Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski warned at ...

"Extensive" delays along Metra's Rock Island District line were likely after a vehicle was struck by a train on Monday ...

Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...

Chicago transit officials are advocating for a $1.5 billion annual funding package to help keep one of the country’s largest ...

The agency owns 446 bridges, of which 80 percent of them are at least more than 75 years old and have surpassed their functional lifespan and are increasingly expensive to ...