A yearly tradition will make its return this week as Chicago-area residents can get free transit rides on New Year’s Eve.

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Metra has unveiled its schedule for popular holiday trains on five lines this season. The rail agency said it will offer trips on specially decorated trains with holiday characters this December, but ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra has resolved a system-wide outage impacting safety technology, and trains are operating with delays on Tuesday evening. A Metra spokesperson said a positive train control outage ...

Several BNSF Metra line trains scheduled to run on Christmas Eve were canceled mid-day due to an “operational incident,” Metra announced. A staffing shortage resulted in the need to cancel some ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Metra train struck a pedestrian on Chicago's West Side on Monday evening, officials said. A Metra spokesperson said a Union Pacific West Line train hit a man at the Kedzie station ...

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Metra customers are now required to carry their e-bikes and e-scooters on and off the train without the assistance of electric motors. The new amendment to a bike policy was announced in a statement ...

Chicago-area commuter rail service Metra announced fare hikes when it released its 2026 budget Friday, part of a policy by the Regional Transportation Authority requiring the Chicago Transit Authority ...

JOLIET, Ill. — The Joliet Police Department is asking the public’s help with finding a missing woman who may have taken a Metra train to Chicago. Selene Turner, 58, who has an intellectual disability, ...