Metra to survey riders on potential renaming of train lines
Union Pacific and UP will be phased out of those line names, so the agency decided it was a good time to consider renaming all its lines that don't follow a consistent pattern.
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Union Pacific and UP will be phased out of those line names, so the agency decided it was a good time to consider renaming all its lines that don't follow a consistent pattern.
Metra said delays are expected.
Inbound and outbound trains were stopped near the Downers Grove/Main Street station.
The identify of the person killed was not immediately learned.
Inbound and outbound trains were stopped near the Downers Grove/Main Street station.
Grace Bentkowski, 22, was crossing the tracks at the Hegewisch station at 13730 S. Brainard Ave last July when she was hit by a South Shore Line train.
A Northwest Indiana family is suing Metra after a local journalist was hit and killed by a train while crossing the tracks last summer.
Metra police said 19-year-old Moises Perez drove around working crossing gates and lights near 87th and Baltimore.
A 19-year-old is charged with reckless homicide and other charges after police said he was driving drunk when he crashed an SUV into a Metra train.
Service has since returned to normal on the BNSF, Milwaukee District North, Union Pacific Northwest, and Union Pacific West lines.
A northbound Metra Electric line train hit an SUV around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at the crossing near 87th and Baltimore.
According to Metra, the pedestrian was struck by the train near Oak Park at the Berwyn stop just before 10:30 a.m.
The crash caused extensive delays on the North Central Service and Milwaukee District West lines.
On Monday, dozens of Barrington High School students and community members gathered next to the downtown Metra train crossing to remember Marin.
On Monday, dozens of Barrington High School students and community members gathered next to the downtown Metra train crossing to remember Marin Lacson, who was killed at the crossing a year ago. Marissa Sulek reports.
The agency said the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace suburban buses will face a $770 million budget deficit and potentially drastic service cuts next year.
The agency said the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace suburban buses—for all of which the RTA oversees finances, secures funding, and conducts transit planning—will face a $770 million budget deficit and potentially drastic service cuts next year.
The Rock Island District Line was shut down for an unknown anticipated duration after the crash.
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.
