CHICAGO (CBS) -- Metra will pay millions for a crash that killed two teenaged girls at a troubled intersection where others were also hurt. A train hit the car, killing two girls. On Thursday, Metra's ...

The city of Aurora is looking to increase parking prices at the city’s two Metra stations. The proposal, set to go before the Aurora City Council on Tuesday, would increase parking prices from $2 per ...

Metra Board members and state and local officials gathered Tuesday to celebrate the reopening of the Harvey Metra Electric station at 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard, following a two-year project to ...

Two Metra lines out of Union Station are at a standstill over a drawbridge malfunction late in the Tuesday rush hour. "The Southwest Service and Heritage Corridor lines are stopped because an Amtrak ...

CHICAGO — Commuters faced extensive delays during rush hour on Friday morning after a car struck a bridge on the city’s Northwest Side, halting two Metra lines. According to Metra, the crash occurred ...

JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- Service on two Metra lines was suspended Wednesday morning after two freight trains hit and killed a pedestrian in Joliet, officials said. The first train on the CSX rail line ...

ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- It's the stuff of nightmares – a car stalls in a railroad crossing, and the driver is forced to run for safety in the bitter cold. It happened not once, but twice Thursday ...

Schedule changes to two of Metra's busiest lines that run to and from Chicago's western and northwestern suburbs will take effect Tuesday. According to Metra official's, the schedule and track changes ...

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CLARENDON HILLS, Ill. (WLS) -- A Metra passenger was killed and four other people were injured after BNSF train hit a box truck in Clarendon Hills Wednesday morning. Metra spokesman Michael Gillis ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The derailment of two Metra commuter trains along the same line were accidents and just a bizarre coincidence likely caused by track problems, authorities said Wednesday. The FBI had ...

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