Chicago transit riders can expect to pay higher fares in the coming months as both the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Metra move forward with fare increases due to ongoing financial strain.

Metra riders should expect to pay an average of 13% more per ride next year as the commuter rail service proposes fare ...

The Chicago-Rockford intercity Metra train line was supposed to have stops in Rockford, Belvidere, Elgin and Huntley. Not anymore.

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...

NEW LENOX, Ill. (WLS) -- A Metra train hit a 10-year-old boy on a bike in the south suburbs on Monday evening, causing extensive delays, officials said. Metra said Rock Island inbound and outbound ...

A new proposal to fund Chicago’s transit agencies was introduced on Tuesday (Oct. 28) in the state’s House of Representatives. By Wednesday, it appeared to be dead. Gov. JB Pritzker said at a ...

State Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) sounds off on bill that directs $1.5 billion toward public transit, with 90% earmarked for Northern Illinois ...

A person was killed when a Metra train struck a vehicle near Grayslake, Illinois, north of Chicago on Thursday afternoon.

Metra said on X just after 12:30 p.m. that outbound train No. 2113, scheduled to arrive in Fox Lake at 12:15 p.m. hit a vehicle near Grayslake. A Metra spokesperson said the driver of that vehicle ...