Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday (Dec. 16) signed into law the legislation providing $1.5 billion in new funding for ...

CHICAGO — More evidence of the toll Amtrak’s aging locomotive and passenger car fleet is taking on operations was provided in ...

Metra BNSF trains are running with delays after a vehicle was hit by an Amtrak train Tuesday evening in Brookfield, Illinois.

While Chicago focused on the part of the Illinois transit bill that bailed out the CTA, Metra and Pace, there was intense interest in a much small provision that could have a big impact for Western ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 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 ...

BENSENVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train Thursday in a suburb near O'Hare Airport, ...

An 80-year-old woman suffered 'very minor' injuries after her SUV was struck by a train at an intersection in a Chicago ...

The victim was removing snow on the station's south platform when the equipment he was driving was hit by an eastbound freight train, a city spokesperson said.