Metra has begun a rider survey over renaming its lines from their current names — which largely are derived from their historic operators — to one of two alphanumeric systems, one of which also uses ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines. Some new ...

Metra on Monday acknowledged the confusion and began a public outreach effort that could potentially rename all of its lines by number or direction. For example, naming them M1 to M14 — with the “M” ...

For most of Wednesday’s annual presentation to Northwestern University’s Sandhouse Rail Group, representatives of Metra and ...

A Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp. worker failed to show the rail service known as Metra discriminated ...

Metra warned the dispute could lead to the end of commuter rail service on the Union Pacific lines, which make up 39% of its ridership, as soon as July 1. The federal lawsuit, filed Friday ...

Union Pacific (UP) has placed Metra’s regional/commuter rail service in Chicagoland “at risk by demanding” that it pay ...

Metra is seeking feedback from commuters about potentially renaming several of its rail lines, including the Rock Island Line ...

To address this, Metra is seeking rider input on two proposed naming systems through a public survey. This move is both ...

The plaintiff, who took prescription amphetamines and opioids, could not be reached by a medical review officer within 48 ...

The Northern Illinois transportation authority that oversees bus, train and commuter rail services warned of a $770 million ...