Metra will begin testing its new cafe car prototype on select routes next week. It plans to give free snacks and iced coffees ...

Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen who operate on Metra’s Union Pacific lines have ratified a ...

As Friday commuters leave for home, the news about Metra's future plans includes higher fares and fewer trains unless there is relief from Springfield.

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CICERO, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra trains on the BNSF line are now running with extensive delays after earlier being halted because of downed power lines. Metra said all trains west of the Cicero station ...