NOTE: Metra initially indicated that an Amtrak train had struck the pedestrian, but the agency later clarified that the person was hit by a Metra train A Metra passenger train struck a pedestrian near ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WGN) — A Metra line in the north suburbs was delayed Saturday night after a train and a vehicle collided in Arlington Heights. Metra officials said the Union Pacific Northwest ...

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CHICAGO — Tickets for Metra’s popular Holiday Trains go on sale at noon on Monday. The beloved decorated trains are filled with holiday characters, and will run on five rail lines this December.

Metra said they sold out of spots within four minutes. Train cars will be decorated and there will be visits from Santa and other holiday characters. The video in the player above is from a previous ...

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 ...

A person was killed when a Metra train struck a vehicle near Grayslake, Illinois, north of Chicago on Thursday afternoon. Metra Milwaukee District North train No. 2113 struck a vehicle near Grayslake ...

Trains on all of Metra's commuter lines have been forced to stop during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a mechanical issue with positive train control systems. Trump's claim that the DOJ owes him 'a ...

A Metra train struck a 10-year-old boy’s bike, barely missing the boy, at Cedar Road crossing as the train was approaching the New Lenox station Monday evening, officials said. The train, Rock Island ...

NEW LENOX, Ill. (WLS) -- A Metra train hit a 10-year-old boy on a bike in the south suburbs on Monday evening, causing extensive delays, officials said. Metra said Rock Island inbound and outbound ...