Metra's plan to rename its train lines has to be done right. The public has a chance to weigh in. We'd also like to know how ...

This is a special day on the Texas Eagle,” said the attendant over the PA system as the train emerged into daylight on its ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

A state lawmaker who inked a deal to get Chicago train service to another Illinois city explains why he thinks passenger ...

Amtrak passengers were dealt near-hourlong delays on Saturday at the Washington Union Station stop as the train operator reported switch and signal issues. An Amtrak release said officials had ...

At least two trains leaving Chicago Union Station Monday evening were canceled, after the crash. Outbound trains are moving up to 45 minutes behind schedule, Metra said on X about 5:45 p.m ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City’s Union Station has announced its newest exhibition today: “The Science of Guinness World Records“. The new exhibition, opening on March 8, gives guests a ...

A CTA employee was also hospitalized following this incident, after witnesses said she was overwhelmed by the shooting. Union leaders who represent CTA employees on trains say the transit agency has ...

The station services 20 million passengers a year, and is the workplace for hundreds of people. State secretary of the RTBU, Vik Sharma, said the union had tried to engage with the company and the ...

McCranie, who moved to Chicago after working at a nonprofit in Alabama, was a probationary employee who lacked the job protections of veteran union workers. She was one of dozens of EPA scientists ...

service was halted for more than two hours Tuesday morning on the Union Pacific West line, after a freight train that uses the same stretch of tracks hit a pedestrian near the Metra station in ...

A Shell gas station at 2632 W. 111th Street is donating five cents per gallon to buy bulletproof vests for Chicago police officers through the "Get Behind the Vest" campaign. Beverly Bank and ...