This last feature, mused Metra Superintendent of Car Rehab Projects Rich Keating as he gazed at a shiny black toilet seat, “looks like home.” Each train car (called a “gallery” in industry ...

The MTA approved the purchase of 316 M-9A railcars, with 160 going to the LIRR and 156 to Metro-North. Alstom will ...

Many Metra trains through Evanston were cancelled Monday morning, and others saw what Metra described as “extensive delays” due to “emergency track repairs.” Metra spokesperson Mike Gillis tells ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share Metra is set to receive a $169.3 million federal grant to buy self-propelled rail cars that could help the commuter railroad reduce its carbon dioxide emissions.

Looking to make its dollar go further, Metra turned to Progress Rail to convert former freight locomotives into passenger ...

The train involved was delayed about 90 minutes, she noted. The article Metra Train Hits Car In Tinley, Driver Went Around Gates: Metra appeared first on Tinley Park Patch.

Train service on Metra's North Central Service and Milwaukee District West Line was halted Tuesday morning after a train collided with a vehicle near River Grove. Extensive delays are expected ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Metra trains on the UP-Northwest line are stopped after a train hit a car near the Norwood Park station. The crash happened around 9 p.m. UPNW - Inbound and outbound train ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — A Metra train hit a car in Morgan Park Sunday afternoon, according to a spokesperson from the train company.

(AP) — A 13-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman died Sunday after the car they were riding in drove through a railroad crossing gate and was struck by a Metra train, authorities said.