The conductor of a Union Pacific train was standing in a track adjacent to his train for an unknown reason when he was struck and killed by a Metra train, the National Transportation Safety Board said ...

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 ...

A woman in her 40s survived but was transported to the hospital with injuries after she was hit by a freight train near the ...

A pedestrian escaped with only nonlife-threatening injuries after being struck by a freight train Tuesday in Mundelein, ...

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Metra unveiled a prototype for their Cafe Car that will rotate across the busiest train lines this fall as the transportation agency asks riders for feedback on the design. The car will debut on Metra ...

Metra is adding weekday express trains and expanded hourly service on weekends to the BNSF Line to Aurora, starting Sept. 8, according to the online schedule. Two inbound express trains will be added ...

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AURORA, Ill. — Commuters in the western suburbs faced some delays after a freight train derailed on Friday morning. According to officials from BNSF, the derailment unfolded just before 5:30 a.m.

A freight train derailment has halted service and prompted extensive delays on the Metra BNSF line in Chicago's west suburbs. WWE star Hulk Hogan’s cause of death revealed Why South Park Did an ...