Fire at University Park station disrupts Metra Electric line
Since the fire, there has been no service at the University Park or Richton Park stops, and there likely will not be until Friday morning.
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Since the fire, there has been no service at the University Park or Richton Park stops, and there likely will not be until Friday morning.
The train stayed upright, but the front wheels were off the tracks, Metra said.
A Milwaukee District West train was just leaving Union Station at Canal Street in the West Loop when its front wheels derailed, according to Metra.
Devastating cuts to Chicago's mass transit system could be delayed until next summer, as regional transportation officials are set to vote on a plan to prevent CTA service cuts.
Devastating cuts to Chicago's mass transit system could be delayed until next summer, as regional transportation officials are set to vote on a plan to prevent CTA service cuts.
Metra and Pace are offering free rides to students on their first day of school next week. Chicago Public Schools and many suburban schools start on Monday, August 18.
There will be less Metra UP-NW trains running starting Monday to accommodate a construction project that lasts through mid-September.
Some of the trains on the Metra UP-NW line are being canceled for the next several weeks for a construction project on the tracks that will last into September.
Metra trains were stopped and then delayed Friday morning after a freight train derailed in Aurora on tracks owned by BNSF.
Metra trains were stopped and then delayed Friday morning after a freight train derailed in Aurora on tracks owned by BNSF.
Exactly one year ago, a Chicago journalist was killed when she was struck by a train in Hegewisch. On the somber anniversary, her family says not enough has changed in the past twelve months.
The crash at Armitage Avenue is impacting Metra's Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific North lines. No further details were immediately available on the location of the crash.
Metra's Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific North line trains were stopped after a car hit a bridge.
The train hit the car at the Bryn Mawr Avenue crossing, near Bryn Mawr Avenue.
The train hit the car at the Bryn Mawr Avenue crossing in the Norwood Park neighborhood. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Metra said just before 7 p.m., Metra Electric train No. 345, scheduled to arrive at 93rd Street/South Chicago at 8:38 p.m., hit a pedestrian around 27th Street.
Metra hopes to drive up ridership and keep riders from running late by turning one car into a full-service café.
. Metra hopes to drive up ridership and keep riders from running late by turning one car into a full-service café. Jermont Terry reports.
A brawl broke out on a Metra Union Pacific-North train Thursday night near Wilmette after Windy City Smokeout came to an abrupt end due to weather.
A brawl broke out on a Metra Union Pacific-North train Thursday night near Wilmette after Windy City Smokeout came to an abrupt end due to weather.
Metra Union Pacific North line train service has been temporarily suspended on Monday morning.
Riders can purchase the new pass through the Ventra app.
The "Regional Day Pass" is unlimited and offers single and multiple-day options on the Ventra app for CTA, Metra, and Pace riders
Four out of five riders who use CTA, Metra, or Pace say they've experienced cigarette and weed smoking or drinking on Chicago buses and trains, on platforms, and in stations.
The crash sent the trailer careening into trees and a Metra station.
