Woman darts under stopped Metra train in Hinsdale
Hinsdale police shared video of a woman risking her life to catch a train.
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Hinsdale police shared video of a woman risking her life to catch a train.
A spokesperson for the train company said an inbound Rock Island train hit the boy just before reaching the New Lenox station.
Metra said two tracks were released for train movement, but outbound trains were operating with extensive delays and inbound trains remained stopped near McCormick Place.
Police believe the woman crossed the tracks heading west before a southbound Metra train went through the crossing.
Police believe the woman crossed the tracks heading west before a southbound Metra train went through the crossing.
A federal appeals court has upheld an Illinois law banning concealed firearms on public transit, finding it does not violate the Second Amendment.
The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. at the University Park station, and forced the station to close.
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.
