BNSF Railway plans to spend $3.8 billion on capital projects in 2025, with the vast majority for network maintenance, the company announced today (Jan. 23, 2025). “Our 2025 capital plan reflects ...

The clock is ticking for transit agencies facing a crater-sized budget hole, Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski warned at ...

Commuter operator Metra says it is considering the rarely used option of outside financing to address its increasingly urgent ...

Sun-Times file Share Metra is taking the rare step of applying for a loan to help quicken the pace of fixing its hundreds of aging bridges. The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from ...

ROBBINS, Ill. (CBS) -- A car was struck by a Metra train in south suburban Robbins Monday afternoon, right before the start of the afternoon rush. Rock Island District Line train 419, scheduled to ...

The agency owns 446 bridges, of which 80 percent of them are at least more than 75 years old and have surpassed their functional lifespan and are increasingly expensive to ...

Metra riders faced some delays during rush hour ... on the tracks and several emergency vehicles were nearby WGN Traffic Map: Get the latest real time traffic updates Currently, it is unclear ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra Union Pacific West trains were stopped, after a train hit a vehicle in Melrose Park Thursday evening, the commuter rail said. Metra said in a post on X just after 5 p.m ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Monday's bitter temperatures could affect the way Chicagoans get around. Metra, Amtrak, and the CTA are monitoring the incoming frigid weather to try to prevent delays and ...

After Another Death At NW Side Metra Crossing, Safety Upgrades Finally Planned For Nagle Avenue: Over the past 15 years, four people have been killed at the Nagle Avenue Metra crossing in Norwood Park ...

A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train in the northern suburbs Thursday, leading to "extensive delays" and shifted train schedules, Metra said. According to Metra, inbound and outbound train ...