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

Two regions — Peoria and the Quad Cities — could be the largest downstate communities to benefit from the bill. It allows the ...

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Metra has unveiled its schedule for popular holiday trains on five lines this season. The rail agency said it will offer trips on specially decorated trains with holiday characters this December, but ...

Legislation allows transit funds to be used for intercity rail service; other provisions include call to study Metra service to Kankakee, Ill. Moline Centre Station, the city’s transit hub shown on ...

CHICAGO — For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. Dozens of bus lines were on the chopping block, they warned, along ...

CHICAGO — Metra Electric service will be impacted on three weekends in late October and early November due to construction work associated with the South Shore Line’s expansion plans, Metra said in a ...

As state legislators consider a bailout for Chicago area transit systems, Metra released two proposed budgets — one that assumes that the state will come through with enough funding to avert a fiscal ...

Chicago-area commuter rail service Metra announced fare hikes when it released its 2026 budget Friday, part of a policy by the Regional Transportation Authority requiring the Chicago Transit Authority ...

State lawmakers got to work on a $1.5 billion bill to bail out the Chicago region's transit systems. The CTA, Metra, and Pace are facing significant fiscal cliffs as federal pandemic relief funds dry ...

A widespread issue with Positive Train Control impacted nearly every Metra rail line on Tuesday afternoon. According to Metra’s website, PTC issues temporarily halted all inbound and outbound trains ...