A widespread issue with Positive Train Control has impacted nearly every Metra rail line on Tuesday afternoon.

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Metra Electric train service was temporarily halted early Tuesday after a vehicle became stuck on the tracks, prompting ...

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...

CICERO, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra trains on the BNSF line are now running with extensive delays after earlier being halted because of downed power lines. Metra said all trains west of the Cicero station ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As the evening rush hour got under way Wednesday, Metra rail users on the BNSF line hoped to avoid the severe overcrowding that has plagued several trains this week as the result of ...

Metra announced it will expand weekday and weekend service along three train lines starting next month. The BNSF, UP-North and UP-West lines will see added trains. The lines serve parts of Chicago's ...

Metra Electric trains were disrupted Thursday evening after a train hit and killed a 16-year-old boy on the city's South Side. Metra said just before 7 p.m., Metra Electric train No. 345, scheduled to ...