But the hype is real, or the hype made it real. Amtrak’s fiscal year ended Sept. 30 and four-plus months of ridership data ...

Metra has added a holiday train run Nov. 30 on the Electric Line. Sun-Times file Share Metra is adding an extra holiday-themed train to its schedule this season in response to popular demand.

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Passengers on a Chicago-bound Metra train experienced a delay and had to switch trains Tuesday afternoon after officials thought the train had hit someone in ...

Rep. Susan Wild (Pa.), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, was absent from the panel’s meeting last week after ...

CHICAGO - Metra is offering special one-day passes for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. The $7 tickets, which allow unlimited ...

News around the Southland includes items from Orland Park, Tinley Park, Metra Electric Line, Lionel Railroad Club, Evergreen ...

This is the Metra Holiday Trains second year in service, designed to brighten up the regular commute or make a trip into the city extra special. Train experiences will include a ride in a festively ...

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) this week met with Metra leadership to discuss ongoing rail improvements throughout the ...

Increasingly, the holiday season is also a team for brightly decorated trains on major commuter and transit systems. The New ...

Editor’s note: Metra ... scene. Chicago police officer stabbed while making arrest in South Shore neighborhood However, shortly after 4:30 p.m., officials said no one was hit by a train and ...

A Cook County jury awarded a combined $2 million verdict to two Metra employees who were injured when a passing train crashed into the stationary train they were on.

After 30 years, the tiny coffee shop inside Northbrook’s Metra train station faces an unclear ... due to the decline in commuters traveling to Chicago daily. “If the village had not worked ...