Some state senators on the Transportation Committee seemed receptive Tuesday to the labor group-written bill that seeks to empower the Regional Transportation Authority over the CTA, Metra and Pace.

Metra is considering renaming all of its lines, as the rail agency prepares to take over operation of three Union Pacific routes. But before the takeover goes into effect, Metra and Union Pacific ...

An inbound Union Pacific North Metra train at the Davis Street station late on the night of May 2, 2024. Credit: Igor Studenkov The Evanston Fire Department responded to the Davis Street Metra station ...

The Metra system, with its current names and color-coding. Metra is considering renaming the lines to a more uniform system. Metra CHICAGO — Metra has begun a rider survey over renaming its lines from ...

Passengers walk toward their Metra train at Union Station last year. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share How Metra named its 14 suburban commuter rail lines made little sense. Its two “Milwa ...

Metra has launched a survey to gather feedback on potentially renaming lines to make the system “easier to understand for new and occasional riders,” the rail service announced Monday. The efforts ...

The cost of three days’ work preparing a report for the Metra board about alleged police department misconduct? Around $45,000, documents show. But while the financials of the $1.57 million ...

Metra filed separate actions with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board and in federal court seeking relief from what they called “windfall” rates proposed by UP to use its tracks.

F59PHI No. 79 leads a Metra UP Northwest train into Des Plaines, Ill., on May 3, 2024. Metra is asking the Surface Transportation Board to take action to ensure it can continue to operate on UP lines.

That February, 189 Texan soldiers commanded by James Bowie and William Travis had locked themselves inside the mission walls as Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s Mexican army approached ...

NU announced it will end operations of the Metra Train Station Shuttle, which connects NU’s Chicago campus with several major train stations, March 28. Because she works downtown, Sutcliffe ...