Person Hit, Killed By Metra Train
The person was fatally hit near the Irving Park station in the 3900 block of North Avondale Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs.
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The person was fatally hit near the Irving Park station in the 3900 block of North Avondale Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs.
Steep ramps, broken concrete and inoperable doors are safety and accessibility problems CBS 2's Investigators uncovered at various Metra train stations.
Metra will sock those who use its 10-ride tickets with an 11 percent fare increase on Feb. 1, but those who use single-ride tickets or monthly passes will be spared a fare hike.
The mystery man who helped a teenager get a stalled car off railroad tracks in Tinley Park last week as a train was approaching says he's not really a hero.
A Chicago man was critically injured when he was struck by a Metra train Sunday night at a north suburban station.
A 17-year old southwest suburban boy has every reason to count his blessings after a close call with a Metra train.
Beginning today, Metra is asking riders to "pick their poison," and tell them what kind of fare increase, if any, they can stomach next year.
The robber attacked and tried to rob one of the conductors either on Burlington Northern Santa Fe train No. 1268 or at the Western Avenue station.
A Cook County Circuit Court employee has been charged with stealing $3,500 in traffic ticket payments, the fourth clerk's office employee to face criminal charges this year, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
A woman was killed and two children injured after a Metra train hit a vehicle on the South Side.
The risks include a spike in fuel prices, severe snow or heat, a major derailment or a bridge failure.
Thousands of commuters were delayed on Metra's Rock Island Line on Monday evening after police say a train hit a vehicle that went around crossing gates in Midlothian.
A 20-year-old Elgin man has been issued a handful of traffic citations after he, his pregnant wife and two of their children were injured when their car collided with a Metra train in the northwest suburb Saturday night.
When Elgin Police Chief Jeff Swoboda led a "walk and talk" at the downtown Metra and Pace stations a month ago, asking train and bus riders what they liked and didn't like about the northwest suburb, some said prostitution was going on in the area.
Trains were stopped for four hours midday Wednesday when a crane erecting a new signal bridge above the BNSF Ry. tracks in Westmont toppled over, taking the bridge with it.
A 73-year-old man who claimed to have a "10 megaton bomb" on a Metra train was ordered held on a $50,000 bond on Saturday.
Metra wants to make your commute more comfortable, whether you're on your computer or in the can.
Metra, the CTA and Pace have never had a fully compatible ticketing system, but technology may make it possible in time to meet a 2015 legislative mandate.
More Metra trains are running late – and you can blame the extreme heat of the past few weeks, at least in part.
A Metra train struck and reportedly killed a pedestrian early Monday in Hanover Park, in an incident that shut down the Milwaukee District/West Line.
The 90-plus-degree heat wave continues in Chicago, and the heat could cause some problems for your morning commute.
Two Metra trains are stopped Wednesday night for an incident involving a train and an automobile.
Mechanical problems halted a Metra train bound for the western suburbs Tuesday night for more than an hour, causing headaches for other BNSF Railway commuters.
The persistent dry conditions have led to brush fires in the Chicago area, which grew so severe Tuesday afternoon that they shut down a Metra train line and a major roadway.
Metra says it lost $800,000 in revenues during the NATO Summit weekend last month, as riders stayed away.
