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.

With a service area encompassing more than 3,700 square miles, Metra offers 243 stations across its 11 commuter rail lines. On March 10, it launched a survey and scheduled public outreach events to ...

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 ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share How Metra named its 14 suburban commuter rail lines made little sense. Its two “Milwaukee” lines don’t go to the Wisconsin city — and are instead ...

Chicago’s commuter rail system Metra has announced a comprehensive 2025 construction programme, focusing on station improvements, track maintenance, and signal upgrades across its network. The ...

As U.S. transit agencies increasingly order buses powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells, some of these same agencies ...

Union Pacific (UP) has placed Metra’s regional/commuter rail service in Chicagoland “at risk by demanding” that it pay “economically unreasonable and monopolistic rates to continue using the UP Lines ...

How Metra named its 14 suburban commuter rail lines made little sense. Its two “Milwaukee” lines don’t go to the Wisconsin city — and are instead named after the Milwaukee Road the lines ...

Metra is asking for the public’s thoughts ... we can create a system that is both meaningful and user-friendly. Commuter rail systems in other cities often use geographic-based names rather ...

The plan includes Metra Electric track and signal upgrades, and major tie replacements on three lines, plus other system-wide improvements. Credit: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock. Chicago’s commuter rail ...

Chicago’s commuter rail system Metra has announced a comprehensive 2025 construction programme, focusing on station improvements, track maintenance, and signal upgrades across its network.

The village of Morton Grove is officially accepting ideas for redeveloping a nearly 2-acre village-owned site in a highly visible location just across from the town’s Metra commuter rail station ...