Problems on Metra's BNSF line caused big delays for west suburban commuters Monday morning. Originally, Metra was having signal problems at its Congress Park Station. That later turned into emergency ...

Metra riders have until the week of Nov. 17 to visit and opine on Metra’s café car concept. The commuter rail agency is ...

CICERO, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra trains on the BNSF line are now running with extensive delays after earlier being halted because of downed power lines. Metra said all trains west of the Cicero station ...

Service on Metra's BNSF line resumed on Monday evening, hours after a train struck a pedestrian in the western suburbs, according to the transit agency. Metra, in a post on the social media platform X ...

Metra officials are scrutinizing what went wrong Tuesday after a malfunction in an automatic braking system halted trains at ...

Metra BNSF trains began resuming operations Friday evening after it was disrupted in parts of the west suburbs due to a semi being struck by a freight train. A freight train struck a semi around 1:52 ...

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Service has returned to normal on four Metra commuter lines, after issues related to the extreme cold delayed several trains during the Tuesday morning rush, and a freight train hit a pedestrian along ...

Metra plans a fare increase as part of its proposed 2026 budget, a $1.1 million plan that includes other measures to address a projected $68 million funding shortfall but no cuts in service. The ...

Metra announced it will expand weekday and weekend service along three train lines starting next month. The BNSF, UP-North and UP-West lines will see added trains. The lines serve parts of Chicago's ...

From the outside, stainless steel gallery car No. 6103 looks just like any other Nippon Sharyo multi-level coach. But it will ...

Paz Yepez, 22, didn’t expect Metra’s BNSF line to be that busy during Lollapalooza weekend. But heading downtown on the festival’s second day, Aug. 1, Yepez stressfully searched past jersey-wearing ...