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 ...

Metra has resolved a system-wide outage impacting safety technology, and trains are operating with delays on Tuesday evening.

Metra officials are scrutinizing what went wrong Tuesday after a malfunction in an automatic braking system halted trains at ...

Several busy Metra trains on the BNSF line were stopped or not operating during the Tuesday morning rush hour, with “extensive delays” anticipated. Just before 6 a.m., Metra said inbound train ...

Inbound and outbound trains on a busy Metra line Friday were stopped after a freight train derailment, Metra said, with extensive delays anticipated. According a post from the Metra BNSF line, all ...

On a Wednesday morning in May, Metra staff and board members gathered at the LaSalle Street Station outside the Chicago Stock Exchange building. Ordinarily, they would have met at the commuter rail ...

Metra riders have until the week of Nov. 17 to visit and opine on Metra’s café car concept. The commuter rail agency is ...

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The Café Car runs on the Rock Island Line through October 2 and will later be parked at LaSalle Street Station for a day of viewing. From there, it heads across BNSF, Milwaukee District North and West ...

Metra BNSF line trains have been halted in both directions late Friday afternoon after a pedestrian was struck by a train near the Brookfield station, Metra officials said. Metra confirmed the service ...

Paz Yepez, 22, didn’t expect Metra’s BNSF line to be that busy during Lollapalooza weekend. But heading downtown on the festival’s second day, Aug. 1, Yepez stressfully searched past jersey-wearing ...