The Metra board Friday morning approved a fare hike package that will increase the cost of commuting on Metra trains an average of 25 percent starting...
Updated story Metra service was delayed following the discovery of a man's body on the railroad tracks near northwest suburban Woodstock early Tues...
Police are investigating a bomb threat that was called into Metra police Monday morning. Metra spokesman Tom Miller said a male caller told police ...
Facing the prospect of either fare hikes, service cuts or a combination of both, Metra has opted to employ a somewhat unusual strategy to improve its ...
Beginning next week, many senior citizens will lose access to the program providing free rides for qualifying passengers on Metra, CTA and Pace. The f...
OAK FOREST, Ill. — A commuter train partially derailed in an accident with a car in suburban Chicago on Thursday, killing two women in the car a...
CHICAGO — Thunderstorms and heavy winds pounded the upper Midwest Tuesday night, stranding Chicago commuter train riders for hours, forcing the ...
A 59-year-old man who reportedly drove around downed crossing gates was killed and at least 26 people were hospitalized after a dump truck collided wi...
The movie industry has brought millions of dollars to the Chicago area, shooting scenes all over the city and suburbs. One or more Metra employees ...
Kenneth C. Pollard did something a lot of commuters do: carried on a loud conversation on his cell phone on a train. This one, though, on the Chicago-...
Embattled Metra chief Phil Pagano was killed Friday morning in an apparent suicide, hours after the Cook County State's Attorney announced a criminal ...
At Metra, you don't have to have a big title to pull in a six-figure income. Just work overtime. And there's plenty of that at the commuter rail ag...
Late Metra executive director Phil Pagano, who killed himself last Friday, had taken at least $475,000 in unauthorized payments, at times forging the ...
The Cook County state's attorney's office said Thursday it has launched a criminal probe into possible financial irregularities by Metra's longtime ex...
Federal officials are imposing stricter oversight on how Metra spends millions of dollars in U.S. funds amid allegations of possible financial irregul...
After weeks of media needling, Metra has publicly confirmed that its executive director, Phil Pagano, is being investigated over "potential financial ...
Criminal trials are supposed to be about the facts and the law. The corruption trial of former Governor Rod Blagojevich will be about neither.
A note left by Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano before he committed suicide May 7 said he had done nothing wrong and that he loved Metra, accordin...
A woman and her 1-year-old goddaughter were killed after a Metra train struck them as they crossed the tracks with family Saturday morning in north su...
Metra board members are focusing on greater oversight as they mourn the death of the agency's former leader. The head of the commuter rail service d...
Metra may sell the naming rights to some of its lines and stations, in an effort to address a budget shortfall that has hit every state and local agen...
Metra's new fare structure, including adjustments in one-way fares, begins Monday. While one-way fares are increasing, the commuter rail agency says m...
The CTA doomsday budget, even if it doesn't come to pass, has done a great service by showing the city the inevitable future. Service has been trending downward for decades.
Riding in a private Metra car may not be as expensive as you think. The Tribune's Richard Wronski reports that Metra's exclusive Car 553, the nation'...
Transit riders already have a choice of Red, Green, Blue, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Pink and Purple Lines, but a coalition of South Side activists also w...
