and then another $5 on coffee so I could have something to sip as I sat and stared at Frank Lloyd Wright’s magnificent brick creation on the University of Chicago campus, the Frederick C. Robie House.

Metra in Chicago is considering reintroducing bar cars as café cars on trains, serving drinks and snacks based on rider ...

A Metra train line was disrupted Thursday after a train hit a 16-year-old pedestrian on the city's South Side, Metra ...

At the urging of riders, a bar car of sorts might become reality again on Metra trains, though with one possible large ...

Metra said just before 7 p.m., Metra Electric train No. 345, scheduled to arrive at 93rd Street/South Chicago at 8:38 p.m., hit a pedestrian around 27th Street.

A brawl broke out on a Metra Union Pacific-North train Thursday night near Wilmette. Wilmette police confirmed officers responded to a fight on the train just before 9:15 p.m. Thursday.

Broadway In Chicago and Metra are partnering to offer theatergoers free round-trip train travel to Disney’s Beauty and the ...

Trains on a busy Metra line that runs from Chicago up through the northern suburbs and into Wisconsin were suspended Monday morning due to "emergency track repairs," Metra said.

Trains on Metra's Union Pacific-North line were running with delays Monday morning due to emergency track repairs in Evanston and a broken down inbound train near Fort Sheridan.

Chicago commuters had a fun way to enjoy their morning coffee Friday — inside a Metra train car turned pop-up party.

Not that many transit executives can shift from spreadsheets and scheduling to operating a train in a pinch. Retired Metra ...

A retaining wall supporting the ramp leading to Waukegan’s Metra station and west parking lot partially fell on June 25, leading to continuing construction repairs and closure of the lot.