Metra passengers will have more trains on the BNSF Line and more stops on the Union Pacific West Line starting Sept. 8. “The ...

Registration in advance is required for the event, set for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Metra Route 59 Train Station at 1090 N. Route 59 in Aurora.

Metra’s Union Pacific North (UP-N) line riders will soon have more opportunities to take the train on the weekends as the ...

Service on three Metra train lines will expand starting next month, including on the weekends, the agency announced.

AURORA, Ill. — Commuters in the western suburbs faced some delays after a freight train derailed on Friday morning. According to officials from BNSF, the derailment unfolded just before 5:30 a.m ...

Both victims were taken to the hospital, one in critical condition and the other with non-life-threatening injuries.

Metra will add service on its most-used route, the BNSF Line, and make changes to two of its Union Pacific lines in September, the commuter operator has announced. On the BNSF Line between Aurora, Ill ...

Here we go again. For the second time in recent years, two railroad titans are contemplating a marriage that could shake the ...

Metra trains were stopped and then delayed Friday morning after a freight train derailed in Aurora on tracks owned by BNSF.

Multiple rounds of storms pounded the Chicago area Monday afternoon, evening, and late night — prompting tornado and flash ...

A look at 10 must-visit railfanning spots with heavy rail traffic, for those wanting to see the constant parade of one train ...