The South Shore Line plans to celebrate the centennial of the electrification of the Illinois Central Railroad this month.

Metra has announced it will mark a key anniversary for one of its train lines by displaying vintage rail cars later this week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metra workers address interior rehab efforts on a railcar at the commuter operator's 49th Street Shops in Chicago. The program ...

All service on the Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line was to be suspended all day Sunday.

The $74 million rebuild of the station's platforms, headhouses and long-dormant 60th Street entrance will take three years to ...

Chicago’s Metra marks a milestone for its in-house railcar rehabilitation program and takes on repair work for Trinity Railway Express. Also, Utah Transit Authority (UTA) welcomes a new Transit ...

With the Fourth of July and the United States’ 250th anniversary soon approaching, the Chicago area’s commuter railroad is marking the occasion with a locomotive – manufactured by a LaGrange-based ...

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A lengthy construction project will impact Metra service in Chicago’s northern suburbs for more than two months, the agency ...

Just in time for the 4th of July, and America's 250th birthday, Metra has unveiled a specially painted train locomotive.

Electra is putting $850 million into its first aircraft factory, and it picked Springfield, Ohio to build the EL9 Ultra Short, its nine-passenger hybrid-electric plane that can take off in as little ...

A pedestrian was struck by an outbound Metra train at the Schaumburg station early Thursday, halting service along the line. Metra officials said the collision occurred at about 7:20 a.m. The ...