The Illinois General Assembly concluded a two-week fall veto session in the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 31. Following an uneventful first ...

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Metra will be operating its popular holiday trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December. Holiday train trips will be offered on the Metra ...

The festive railcars—which will appear on all five Metra lines this year—will be spreading holiday cheer throughout Chicagoland. You can tell it’s the holidays in Chicagoland when even the trains ...

After consecutive years of gloomy budget sessions, Metra directors approved a 2026 fiscal plan amid an optimistic atmosphere Thursday. The agency’s $1.2 billion operating budget followed the Illinois ...

After the Illinois General Assembly locked in new funding sources for mass transit agencies in the state, fare rates have been set for Chicago-area agencies. Metra, Pace and CTA will be folded under ...

The CTA, Metra, and Pace have approved 2026 budgets without fare hikes or service cuts, thanks to the transit bailout approved by state lawmakers last month. Metra's board of directors approved a $1.2 ...

Service on Metra’s Union Pacific-West line was halted Monday after a train struck a pedestrian in Chicago. According to officials, trains on the UP-West line are halted in both directions near Kedzie ...

CHICAGO — Tickets for Metra’s popular Holiday Trains go on sale at noon on Monday. The beloved decorated trains are filled with holiday characters, and will run on five rail lines this December.

CHICAGO — Commuters faced some delays on Thursday morning after a Metra train struck a car on the city’s South Side. According to Metra, the crash, which involved Southwest Service train #808, ...