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

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

Springfield, met Wednesday with Metra CEO Jim Derwinski and other leaders of the transit agency to discuss surface ...

Housing Forward, a local nonprofit that works to end homelessness in west suburban Cook County, is asking Oak Park for about ...

Many of Chicago’s Illinois suburbs have seen significant development surrounding Metra rail stations, providing strong and enduring real estate development. The planned improvements along the ...

There are two holiday-appropriate sponsors, Garrett’s Popcorn and a Chicago bakery called Sugar Bliss. The CTA is also running its annual holiday L train, complete with Santa. That train will be on ...

Integrated design-driven real estate firm Optima, Inc. has received final village board approval for Optima Lumina, a ...

Metra previously told neighbors the project could start in 2025, but the agency said it's still awaiting design approval.

Jurors and the public have gotten an eye-opening, fly-on-the-wall opportunity to see how the levers of power are pulled in ...

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.

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

leaving a total of 36 train cars off track, according to CSX Transportation. Officers state that the derailment occurred just after midnight in a town just north of Greeleyville. In their ...