Metra hopes to drive up ridership and keep riders from running late by turning one car into a full-service café.

Metra in Chicago is considering reintroducing bar cars as café cars on trains, serving drinks and snacks based on rider ...

Metra riders could fortify themselves after an arduous day at the office in what was known as a bar car. Those havens were ...

At the urging of riders, a bar car of sorts might become reality again on Metra trains, though with one possible large ...

Chicago commuters had a fun way to enjoy their morning coffee Friday — inside a Metra train car turned pop-up party.

Stepping into Amtrak’s Homewood train station is like stepping back into a time when railroads were the country’s primary people movers. Built in 1923 as part of the Illinois Central Railroad ...

BNSF, Southwest Service, Heritage Corridor Metra trains delayed 00:30. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Trains on three Metra commuter lines were delayed Friday afternoon, after an Amtrak locomotive derailed at ...

According to a tweet from Metra, the derailment occurred on inbound train No. 704, traveling from Joliet to LaSalle Street Station in Chicago.

A retaining wall supporting the ramp leading to Waukegan’s Metra station and west parking lot partially fell on June 25, leading to continuing construction repairs and closure of the lot.