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 ...

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

The Chicago Transit Authority unveiled a planned fare increase for 2026 on Monday, just days after Metra proposed a hike of ...

Metra officials are scrutinizing what went wrong Tuesday after a malfunction in an automatic braking system halted trains at ...

Regional transportation officials agreed Thursday to transfer $74 million from Pace and Metra to the CTA in an effort to delay catastrophic transit cuts in Chicago next year. After an at-times lively ...

Metra service has been restored on the BNSF line that carries commuter trains between Aurora and Chicago after an early morning freight train derailment caused significant delays. The disruption ...

Two busy suburban Metra lines in and out of Chicago were stopped and facing major delays Friday morning due to a vehicle striking a bridge near Clybourn, Metra said. NBC 5 traffic reporter Kye Martin ...

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Metra and Pace are offering free rides to students on their first day of on Monday. Chicago Public Schools and many suburban schools start on Monday, August 18. Kindergarten to high school students, ...

The agency is asking riders to weigh in on whether they’d like to see the concept become a permanent part of their commute.