Anticipating arctic conditions later this week, Metra will operate on a reduced schedule Friday. The National Weather Service ...

Unless a contractor is found, North Point, which opened in 1989, may not welcome lake sailors this boating season.

The owner of the Trump Truth Store in Huntley, which was closed down in July following an eviction case, launched her new ...

After five years, the Operation North Pole Train is back on the tracks for Metra, decked out in dazzling Nutcracker scenes and glowing with holiday cheer. Milana Vayntrub Raises $500,000 by Selling ...

Antioch-bound North Central Service Metra train races through Des Plaines (Photo by Igor Studenkov/Journal & Topics Reporter) Metra is hoping to add more trains to the North Central Service line, ...

The city of Aurora is looking to increase parking prices at the city’s two Metra stations. The proposal, set to go before the Aurora City Council on Tuesday, would increase parking prices from $2 per ...

SPRINGFIELD – With money for new rail lines, regulations for residential development projects and a list of infrastructure priorities in the Chicago area, a public transportation bill recently ...

Metra’s leaders approved a budget that spares riders from a fare hike next year, but they acknowledged it won’t be an express train to the hoped-for transformational service expansion. The commuter ...

A Metra UP North train to Kenosha departs the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago on Nov. 12, 2025. Metra and UP have informed the Surface Transportation Board that they have not yet ...

Chicago-bound Union Pacific Northwest Line Metra train arrives at Uptown Park Ridge station (Photo by Igor Studenkov/Journal & Topics Reporter) Metra’s Board of Directors voted 10-1 to release next ...

As state legislators consider a bailout for Chicago area transit systems, Metra released two proposed budgets — one that assumes that the state will come through with enough funding to avert a fiscal ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – A man and a dog were hit and killed by an Amtrak train Tuesday afternoon on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Metra spokespeople said the collision happened at around 12:45 p.m. near West ...