WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board to deny Metra’s request that the board to settle the ...

Metra has asked the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to set the terms for an agreement governing its ability to keep ...

Inbound and outbound Metra BNSF trains are back on the move Monday, after an inbound Metra train hit a vehicle in Hinsdale, the commuter rail said. Hinsdale police shared video on Facebook of the ...

Thousands of Chicago-area commuters may be caught in a bureaucratic tug-of-war between Metra and Union Pacific, with both sides digging in over who controls access to the city’s vital commuter rail ...

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 ...

Metra riders should expect to pay an average of 13% more per ride next year as the commuter rail service proposes fare increases in response to a looming fiscal crisis. The fare increases are outlined ...

Metra on Dec. 1 advised the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that “despite concerted and ongoing efforts,” no agreement has been reached on the conditions and compensation for the Chicagoland ...

Illinois state lawmakers spent hours on Thursday debating a proposal to overhaul the state's mass transit systems, though they have yet to announce a specific plan for addressing a $771 million budget ...

KENDALL COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra is looking to expand far west into Kendall County. Due to a growing travel demand, Metra said they initiated the Kendall Extension Study to look into the ...

Metra commuter rail service, which operates in the Chicago area, said Wednesday that it would suspend operations on four of its 11 lines on Friday if a work stoppage occurs. Some disruption on those ...

The 2025 Central Maryland Regional Transit Plan (RTP) Update refines recommendations from the original plan released in 2020 and outlines strategies to advance transit over the next 20 years, ...