The new Metra trainset from Stadler was on display at the recent American Public Transportation Association expo at McCormick ...

Metra and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will provide additional service for runners and spectators attending the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday. CTA is planning to have added ...

Metra’s New Café Car is rolling through this fall. A whole new way to ride Metra is pulling into your station. For a limited time, Metra’s Café Car is hitting the rails and we want you on board. Try ...

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Metra is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the electrification of the Illinois Central Railroad, a major milestone in the history of the Metra Electric Line and the City of Chicago. The official ...

Metra today unveiled a $1.1 billion budget for 2026 that includes an RTA-mandated fare increase and other measures to cover a projected $68 million shortfall, but no service cuts will be needed. It ...

Metra and local officials today celebrated the completion of a $39.5 million project to replace an 1899 railroad bridge over Milwaukee Avenue on the North Side of Chicago and reconstruct the adjacent ...

The Metra Board of Directors today approved a $1.2 billion operating budget for 2026 that relies on new state funding and requires no fare increases or service cuts. It also approved a $515.3 million ...

Joined by a variety of officials who helped make it possible, Metra today officially broke ground on a $56 million project to rehabilitate and expand the 95th St./Chicago State University Station on ...

A project to replace thousands of ties on the UP Northwest Line over a two-month period will require Metra to cancel four midday trains starting Monday, Aug. 4. “Tie replacement is essential ...

Metra is making it easier to plan your holiday travel by offering Family Fares, special holiday schedules and free rides after 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. Metra’s Family Fares program has been extended ...

Metra will be putting its prototype Café Car into service this fall, rotating it across most of its busiest lines and stations and asking riders to take a survey about whether they like the concept ...