CHICAGO (CBS) – Inbound and outbound Metra SWS trains are operating with an extensive delay after a freight train struck a car in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Wednesday morning. The crash ...

WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board to deny Metra’s request that the board to settle the ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra UP-W service has been disrupted after an incident involving a pedestrian and a freight train Friday morning. All inbound and outbound Metra trains were initially halted ...

Metra reported delays along its BNSF Line on Monday evening after a freight train struck a pedestrian in the western suburbs. The transit agency, in a social media post at 7:45 p.m., said inbound and ...

Commuter service for thousands of Union Pacific riders is in jeopardy amid an impasse with the freight railroad over track usage, Metra leaders warned on Friday. Metra filed separate actions with the ...

The US economy can keep running without freight trains - but not for long. That is why the risk of the first national railroad strike in 30 years is so worrying to economists and businesses.A brief ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A derailed freight train at 123rd Street on the city's Far South Side is causing delays on the Rock Island Metra main line that travels to Joliet. Thursday afternoon outbound trains ...