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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

From planning ahead for camping season, playing music alongside an orchestra in a friendly competition, or helping to study ...

Yellowstone County commissioners are offering the use of MetraPark to detain illegal immigrants caught in the region ...

The Chicago area’s four transit agencies are staring down a budget gap that could lead to massive service cuts and fare hikes ...

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific West line are halted near Melrose Park Thursday night after a train struck a vehicle.

Inbound and outbound Metra UPNW trains are stopped near Norwood Park after a train struck a vehicle, killing one person.