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Four CTA train stops reopened on Sunday after years of upgrades. The stations got new escalators and elevators, wider ...
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The push to extend Metra from Kenosha to Racine and on to Milwaukee is starting to sound like "The Little Engine That Could." With a little huffing and puffing Congress two weeks ago passed a new ...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 1 denied a petition for injunctive relief and application for an emergency service order by Metra, which is in dispute with Union Pacific over ...
Metra has been paying UP to operate the commuter trains since 1995, and the freight company will still own the tracks. According to Trains Magazine’s Newswire, the UP North through Evanston carries ...
New York's MTA has released a redesigned map of its subway system, which maintains the colours of the prior one while "simplifying" it.
Metra considers replacing rail line names with numbers, letters The rail system began a public outreach that could rename all lines by number or direction.
There is Metra news. The commuter rail is phasing out the names of its Union Pacific lines and wants public input for new options.
A new bill aims to provide more efficient and reliable transit and dodge a fiscal crisis, write the Illinois AFL-CIO and Chicago Federation of Labor chiefs.
London Overground could have a new line by the early 2030s connecting five boroughs (Picture: Getty Images) Tens of thousands of new passengers could soon travel on the London Overground if ...