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

State Rep. Kambium “Kam” Buckner called on Metra to release the findings of an internal investigation, expressing his “deep disappointment” in the rail agency’s decision to withhold the ...

Two Metra trains sit at Union Station last year. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share A pedestrian has died after being struck by an inbound BNSF Metra train near Downers Grove Tuesday morning.

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train in Downers Grove, Illinois Tuesday morning. According to Metra officials, an inbound BNSF train hit a pedestrian around 7:30 a.m. in Downers Grove.

Metra officials have halted service through the BNSF corridor and are warning commuters to expect extensive delays. Monday, a pedestrian was struck just after 4:30 p.m. by an eastbound train near ...

According to Metra, BNSF train No. 1228 hit a pedestrian around 7:30 a.m. near the Downers Grove station at 5001 Main Street. Inbound and outbound train movement has resumed near Main Street.

CHICAGO — The family of a young journalist struck and killed last summer in Hegewisch has sued Metra. Metra, who owns the Hegewisch station which the South Shore Line runs through, is accused of ...

A pedestrian was struck and killed by an eastbound Metra train near Downers Grove on Monday afternoon. The incident caused major delays on the BNSF line, affecting inbound and outbound service.

This will be a first in North America, Metro-North says. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Chicago’s Metra have both announced plans for battery-electric commuter trains, but those ...

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Metra has donated F40C No. 614 to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM UNION, Ill. — Metra has donated F40C No. 614, one of just two such surviving locomotives, to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM says in ...

A rendering of the 115th Street/Morgan Park Station. The Metra Board of Directors has awarded a $8.7 million contract to IHC Construction Companies of Elgin to renovate the 115th Street/Morgan ...