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Metra has unveiled a specially painted locomotive to honor all veterans and active-duty service members and reservists on Veterans Day.
The 2024 Holiday Trains are sold out.
Metra and a variety of state and local officials today celebrated the reopening of the 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station on the Metra Electric Line in Harvey following a more than two-year proj
The University Park Station on the Metra Electric Line will be closed Sunday, Oct. 27 due to scheduled track work between University Park and Richton Park.
Metra’s 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station on the Metra Electric Line in Harvey will reopen to passengers on Monday, Oct.
Metra today proposed a 2025 operating budget of $1.135 billion that holds fares steady at current levels and relies on strong sales tax revenues and a dwindling allotment of federal COVID-relief ai
Metra passengers boarding inbound trains at five Metra Electric stations close to downtown will need to use temporary platforms from Oct. 14 to Oct.
Metra will offer extra early morning inbound and midafternoon outbound trains on three of its lines for runners and spectators going to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 13.
Metra, state and local officials today officially cut the ribbon on the new Peterson/Ridge…
To help the city of Aurora promote its new downtown light experience, known as “LUMENAURA,” two Metra railcars on the BNSF Line will be decorated on the inside with bright and colorful lights and w

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