Rock Island Metra line stopped after train hits car outside Chicago
The wreckage of the passenger vehicle that got hit by the train was seen in the bushes and down an embankment. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
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The wreckage of the passenger vehicle that got hit by the train was seen in the bushes and down an embankment. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
The Rock Island District Line was snagged after a Metra train hit a car in Robbins. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
An outbound Union Pacific Northwest Line train hit a car just before 4 p.m. near the Norwood Park station near the intersection of Avondale and Nagle avenues.
One person was killed when a Metra train hit a car Saturday afternoon in the Norwood Park neighborhood.
Metra officials confirmed a male pedestrian was hit and killed by an inbound Union Pacific North Line train near the North Chicago station shortly after 8:30 a.m.
The condition of the person in the car was not immediately learned.
It's part of a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan to reconstruct numerous stations on the line, including making them accessible to persons with disabilities.
The new 79th Street Chatham station on the Metra Electric Line reopens Monday after being closed for over a year for renovations.
Some of the upgrades include new wheelchair accessible entrances, new lighting, and new signage.
Both Metra UP-West line trains and CTA Green Line trains that run on the same embankment faced significant delays afterward.
The Marine Corps Reserve partnered with Metra for a 13th year of the toy drive at all five Metra stations in downtown Chicago.
The fire disrupted Metra service on the Milwaukee District West line Wednesday evening.
Metra has been operating off federal pandemic funds, which run out in 2026.
Metra has been operating off federal pandemic funds, which run out in 2026. Darius Johnson reports.
Outbound Union Pacific North train No. 305 is stopped near the Clybourn station.
Further details about what happened were not immediately learned.
Further information about the police activity was not immediately available.
Extensive delays were expected Tuesday morning on the Milwaukee District North line.
Northbound traffic on La Grange Road was also stopped as crews worked to get a crane to the scene to remove the signal from the tracks.
All inbound and outbound BNSF Line trains were stopped for three hours after the crash, and extensive delays persisted.
The family of Marin Lacson says they want change at the pedestrian crosswalk in Barrington where the teen was killed
A popular CTA bus route on the North Side has been extended one mile north, connecting it to a newly renovated Metra station.
A federal judge ruled the Illinois law banning people with concealed carry permits from taking guns on public transportation is in violation of the Second Amendment.
Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3, it will begin running north to the Ravenswood Metra station on the Union Pacific North Line.
The route will now end at the Ravenswood Metra station.
