Battery-electric trains are not new, but saw a boost in orders in 2024 and new developments to convert diesel locomotives to battery-electric marked significant direction of movement in the sector.

but saw a boost in orders in 2024 and new developments to convert diesel locomotives to battery-electric marked significant direction of movement in the sector. Chicago’s metro operator Metra ...

The Pacific, bought in 1959 by Chicagoan Richard Jensen, would pull excursions on GTW and other railroads into the late 1960s, but would be scrapped in the early 1980s after a legal tussle between ...

Union Pacific (UP) on Feb. 10 provided an update on its work with Metra to “finalize the safe and seamless transfer of ...

The slow-moving process transferring operations of three Metra commuter lines from Union Pacific to the commuter operator is ...

Sun-Times file Share Metra is taking the rare step of applying for a loan to help quicken the pace of fixing its hundreds of aging bridges. The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from ...

MELROSE PARK, Ill. — Metra riders faced some delays during rush hour on Thursday after a train hit a car in the western suburbs. In an update shared on X by Metra at around 5:10 p.m. Thursday ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra Union Pacific West trains were stopped, after a train hit a vehicle in Melrose Park Thursday evening, the commuter rail said. Metra said in a post on X just after 5 p.m ...

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific West line are halted near Melrose Park Thursday night after a train struck a vehicle. According to the agency, trains are halted in both directions after the ...

ROBBINS, Ill. (WLS) -- One person was hospitalized, after a Metra train hit a vehicle in the south suburbs Monday afternoon. The male driver of the vehicle was taken to Christ hospital ...

In 2026, the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace face a combined $770 million yearly deficit and potentially a 40% reduction in bus and rail service. The Regional Transit Authority ...