Mechanical Failure Delays Several Metra Trains
A mechanical failure delayed trains on Metra's Milwaukee District West and North Central Service lines Wednesday morning.
A mechanical failure delayed trains on Metra's Milwaukee District West and North Central Service lines Wednesday morning.
Metra customers who received a new phone over the holidays and use the Ventra app will need to manually transfer their mobile tickets.
Portraits featuring South Chicago residents have been installed at Metra stations on the South Side.
The crash involving Train 649 happened about 6:15 p.m. just south of the Clybourn station, according to the transit agency.
The partnership is expected to generate non-fare revenue for Metra and bring customers to stations.
Trains on multiple west suburban Metra rail lines were experiencing delays because of the cold weather Wednesday morning.
If you're heading downtown this holiday season to see "Hamilton" or visit the Christmas tree in Millennium Park, Metra is offering free rides for children riding with adults, beginning Saturday until the end of the year.
With winter storms in Chicago's weekend forecast, Metra said it was mobilizing its crews to get ahead of problems.
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The Metra commuter rail agency serving the Chicago area is holding an online auction of surplus sedans, pick-ups and utility trucks.
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Metra's board of directors is expected to approve a fare increase Friday.
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Jaws dropped as fans and regular Friday commuters arrived at Union Station between 2:30 and 4 p.m., cascading like a sea of blue down the main staircase into the Great Hall with virtually no place to go.
Chicago Cubs fans started packing rail lines before the crack of dawn as they make their way downtown for the team's World Series parade and rally Friday morning.
A Park Forest man was arrested Tuesday for breaking into a commuter's vehicle at the Calumet Metra Station in south suburban East Hazel Crest.
A man and woman in their 70s were hurt Tuesday when their vehicle was struck by a Metra train in the South Shore neighborhood.
Metra has completed a rehabilitation of the 111th Street/Pullman Station on the Electric line in the Far South Side Pullman neighborhood.
Multiple trains on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line are operating up to 45 minutes behind schedule Tuesday morning after a vehicle got stuck on the tracks in northwest suburban Arlington Heights.
The Ventra app has been downloaded more than one million times in less than a year since its debut.
The commuter rail agency on Friday approved a preliminary "average" fare increase of nearly 6 percent that would take effect in February.
A person was fatally struck by a Metra train Monday night on the South Side.
The National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate what caused Thursday's deadly commuter train crash in New Jersey. The accident is prompting questions about train safety here in Chicago. Could something called "positive train control" have prevented this?
A 75-year-old man who was struck by a train Sunday afternoon in west suburban Berkeley committed suicide, an autopsy Monday revealed.
The CTA and Metra will provide additional bus and rail service to accommodate customers going to Riot Fest, the Chicago Bears game and the Northwestern University football game this weekend.
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