What to give the railfan who has everything? How about a Metra clock? Or a Metra body pillow? Those items and many others will be available starting Wednesday when the commuter railroad debuts an ...

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Metra is hosting a Toys for Tots holiday drive at downtown stations on Tuesday. The following downtown stations will serve as drop-off locations: Millennium Station – Michigan Avenue and Randolph ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train hit a pedestrian in the west suburbs on Monday night, Metra said. Metra said the collision happened near Naperville. What led up to the crash was not ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Passengers say the journey on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief — delays and all — is worth it: no TSA lines, ground-level ...

Video captured a harrowing moment as a Metra train collided with the front end of a vehicle at a west suburban intersection. Hinsdale police released the footage just over an hour after the crash took ...

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Mexican Art tells the story of Mexican railroad workers in Chicago and the Midwest. Railroad companies began recruiting Mexican immigrants in the early 1900s ...

BENSENVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train Thursday in a suburb near O'Hare Airport. The crash happened around 1:13 p.m. at Church Road and Main Street near the ...

Families looking for ways to get outside during Chicago’s colder months can bundle up for Polar Adventure Day 2026, a free winter event hosted... Fit City Kids is where exercise, imagination and ...