New timetables will go into effect Aug. 21 for Metra Union Pacific North Line riders as work begins on a $185 million bridge rebuilding project, the rail agency said Friday. Commuters can view the ...

With the new fare prices taking effect Feb. 1, Metra is discontinuing the $100 Super-Saver pass, replacing it with monthly, zone-based passes ranging from $75 to $135.

The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch Some new options include M1 through M14, or naming them ...

Metra has been hiring many of UP's workers and this spring will begin to directly run the service, and 'Union Pacific' will be phased out of the line names," Metra said.

Metra said it is considering three options over the next year: Rename the three Union Pacfic lines but not the others. Rename all lines M1, M2, M3 etc., with all lines using the same color.

With Kennedy Expressway construction about to spring to life, Metra is adding trains to its Union Pacific Northwest Line effective April 3. The commuter railway will add 12 more trains to its ...

The agency says the new fare system will result in reduced prices on nearly all lines, with the exception of the Metra Electric Line, as a discounted fare program will end on Feb. 1.

After years of anticipation, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker this week announced that the state is inking a deal with Metra and the Union Pacific Railroad to restore passenger rail service between ...

Metra has big plans for its Rock Island line to Joliet, but they could all be derailed unless the commuter transit agency can come up with cash to realize them.

“Renaming the three UP lines presents Metra with an opportunity to reconsider all its line names, which follow no logical or consistent pattern,” Metra said in a news release.“Many are named ...