CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines.

If you’re looking for something fun and cost-effective to do with the family this spring break, consider a train trip to ...

IDOT Communications Manager and Public Information Officer Maria Castaneda joins Bob Sirott to talk about the final phase of ...

A person was struck by a freight train in Lake Forest, Illinois, causing traffic and train delays, with emergency officials conducting an investigation and police asking people to avoid the area.

One of Metra’s SD70MACH locomotives pushes a Chicago-bound Milwaukee District North train through Deerfield, Ill., on Feb. 25, 2025. David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra is having “great luck” with its fleet ...

CHICAGO — For most of Wednesday’s annual presentation to Northwestern University’s Sandhouse Rail Group, representatives of Metra and Northern Indiana Commuter Rail District, or South Shore Line, were ...

Jon Schumacher, Bureau Chief of Construction at Illinois Department of Transportation, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the final installment of the Kennedy Expressway construction. In their final phase of ...