For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...
Metra riders should expect to pay an average of 13% more per ride next year as the commuter rail service proposes fare ...
Illinois lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion transit overhaul funded partly by a 45-cent toll hike. Supporters call it a ...
The $1.5 billion funding package also creates a new regional governing body for the system: the Northern Illinois Transit ...
As the clocked ticked down and Illinois’ veto session came to a close, Illinois lawmakers in Springfield in the wee hours of Friday morning approved a new, $1.5 billion transit funding bill for public ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra plans to add a new safety system to its BNSF line this summer. The commuter railway is also considering raising fares amid declining ridership and less state funding. The new ...
The legislation averts proposed service cuts and fare hikes with $1.5 billion in funding for Chicago’s public transit network ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- If you ride Metra, be ready for delays until late August. Amtrak began work on a major project to rehab switches at the south end of the terminal. If you use Metra's BNSF, Southwest ...
The Chicago-Rockford intercity Metra train line was supposed to have stops in Rockford, Belvidere, Elgin and Huntley. Not ...
On a Wednesday morning in May, Metra staff and board members gathered at the LaSalle Street Station outside the Chicago Stock Exchange building. Ordinarily, they would have met at the commuter rail ...