Metra Train Slams Into Car In Palatine; Driver Killed
Metra trains on the Union Pacific Northwest line were halted Monday morning, after an inbound train slammed into a car in Palatine.
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Metra trains on the Union Pacific Northwest line were halted Monday morning, after an inbound train slammed into a car in Palatine.
A 19-year-old Niles man has been charged with leaving two stolen cars on the Metra North Central tracks in Des Plaines, leaving both cars to be destroyed by trains.
So far, the Chicago area has had only a dusting of snow. But Metra says it is ready to battle another blizzard -- if one occurs.
Football fans attending Sunday's Bears game against the Seattle Seahawks have plenty of ways to get to the game -- including CTA, Metra, Pace and numerous parking lot options. The Bears host the Seahawks at noon at Soldier Field.
Investigators believe two recent collisions between Metra trains and cars left on the tracks at the same Des Plaines crossing are related.
For the second time in a week, a Metra train hit an abandoned car Monday morning at a minor road crossing in Des Plaines.
A Metra North Central line train was hit by a car this morning near Steeger Road west of Rand Road.
Metra ended September with a $7 million shortfall, and it has some members of the Regional Transportation Authority board concerned.
A West Chicago woman was arrested Monday morning after spraying a Metra conductor with mace when she refused to show her train ticket.
Some Metra crews are taking aggressive new steps to make sure everyone pays their fares.
Commuters who seek to cushion the blow from Metra fare increases try to hoard 10-ride tickets, which are good for a year. But if you want to do it this time you only have until midnight Friday.
The Metra board has approved the largest fare increase in the agency's history.
A woman is dead after being hit by a freight train while trying to walk around a stalled Metra train Wednesday evening in west suburban Downers Grove.
If you are worried about a Metra fare increase, and want to stockpile 10-ride tickets, you had better act now.
Metra Thursday night wrapped up eight public hearings in two days on the largest fare increase in the agency's history.
Metra commuters can expect more delays during their morning commute Friday, a day after the fiery freight train derailment that halted the Milwaukee District-West line near Bartlett.
Twenty-two freight train cars jumped the tracks and three burst into flames Thursday morning in the west suburbs, causing Metra service disruptions that were expected to drag into into Friday.
Riders told Metra's chief executive officer at a public hearing in Homewood on Wednesday that the fare increases the agency has proposed are too much.
A Metra train was delayed for half an hour Tuesday morning after slamming into an empty car in Libertyville.
An elderly woman was killed by a Metra train overnight when she apparently got lost in McHenry County, began driving on the railroad tracks and then got out of her car and began walking along the tracks.
Four teenagers are in custody, accused in a string of armed robberies at a South Side Metra station.
Metra is set to take a final vote on increasing fares, but not nearly as dramatically as originally planned.
The Chicago economy is getting a bit of good news Monday morning, as the huge Englewood Flyover railroad project stands to bring hundreds of jobs.
Football fans attending Sunday's Bears game against the Carolina Panthers have plenty of ways to get to the game -- including CTA, Metra, Pace and numerous parking lot options. The Bears host the Panthers at noon at Soldier Field.
