Metra passengers will have more trains on the BNSF Line and more stops on the Union Pacific West Line starting Sept. 8. “The ...

Service on three Metra train lines will expand starting next month, including on the weekends, the agency announced.

The closest Polar Express experiences are available in Monticello, Illinois, near Champaign, and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Metra will add service on its most-used route, the BNSF Line, and make changes to two of its Union Pacific lines in September, the commuter operator has announced. On the BNSF Line between Aurora, Ill ...

Metra cancels some UP-NW trains for 2 months of rail construction The suburban commuter rail company is canceling four weekday trains to minimize delays that will affect all other trains on the line.

The project stretches over 24 miles and will slow all trains by at least 10 minutes from Monday through Saturday, Sept. 20. Midday trains will experience delays of up to 30 minutes. “To reduce ...

Metra UP-NW construction begins along with train cancelations There will be less Metra UP-NW trains running starting Monday to accommodate a construction project that lasts through mid-September ...

BNSF Metra trains are back on the move Friday morning after a freight train derailment in Aurora. Trains resumed moving just after 8 a.m. Friday, but still faced residual delays, Metra said in a ...

A pedestrian was fatally struck by Milwaukee District West Metra express train Wednesday night in the Galewood neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Some of the trains on the Metra UP-NW line are being canceled for the next several weeks for a construction project on the tracks that will last into September.