Metra Electric trains were disrupted Thursday evening after a train hit and killed a 16-year-old boy on the city's South Side. Metra said just before 7 p.m., Metra Electric train No. 345, scheduled to ...

An electrical fire at the University Park, Illinois terminal disrupted service on the Metra Electric line Thursday afternoon. The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. at the University Park station, and ...

Metra will be operating its popular holiday trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December. Holiday train trips will be offered on the Metra ...

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A pedestrian was struck by a Metra Electric train near McCormick Place on Monday morning. Both inbound and outbound train service was halted as crews responded. Extensive delays are expected. CHICAGO ...

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A yearly tradition will make its return this week as Chicago-area residents can get free transit rides on New Year’s Eve.