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

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

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

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 ...

The Metra train station closest to Chicago State University is now the first in line for upgrades. Metra and CSU plan to “rehabilitate and transform” the rail stop and rename it the 95th ...

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

A new station platform in Wood Dale, rebuilt crossings in Des Plaines and Elgin, plus 15 updated bridges along the UP North Line are among Metra’s to-do projects this year. The commuter railroad ...

Also, you can take advantage Metra’s family deals! On weekdays, kids ages under 7 ride free and kids ages 7-11 save 50% on one-way fares. For weekends and select holidays, kids ages 11 and under ride ...

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.