Lawmakers apparently are close to a deal to resolve one of Springfield’s most hotly contested issues this session: transit reform.

State lawmakers say they’ve reached an agreement on several aspects of a major transit funding bill that would help the CTA, Pace and Metra avoid a collective $770 million fiscal cliff.

If lawmakers don’t reach a deal to reform the northeastern Illinois transit system and introduce new funding before their May ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Orland Park, Metra Electric line, Flossmoor, Palos Hills, Palos Park and ...

South Shore Line passengers the weekends of May 3-4 and May 10-11 will be bused between Metra's 18th Street Station and Millennium Station as a result of construction work being done to accommodate ...

If the project moves forward, it could use $177M in federal funding previously set aside for a passenger rail from Moline to Chicago.

The father of Marin Lacson, the 17-year-old Barrington High School student fatally struck by a Metra train at the Hough ...

Riders have not returned in part due to hybrid work schedules, maintenance costs have been deferred, and the federal COVID money is running out.

The Chicago metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority warns of Severe Cuts Without State and Federal Funding.

The High-Speed Railway Commission, in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), is set to host its ...

Public transit is a public good. But the CTA, in particular, suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses and crime. That ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person was struck by a train on Friday on the city's West Side, Metra said. A pedestrian was struck by Metra UP-NW train #627 near Clybourn, Metra said. All inbound on outbound ...