Commuters wait to board an inbound Union Pacific Northwest Metra train at the Arlington Heights station on Sept. 15, 2022. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) Metra is instead proposing three options.

The renaming project was inspired by a future change in the Union Pacific lines, Metra said. The three lines terminating at Ogilvie Station have been operated by Union Pacific for years.

including BNSF and Union Pacific (UP); and private contractors—is already under way and will continue through the fall, weather permitting, according to Metra, which noted that it is also contributing ...

But the agency’s other proposal to give the routes numbers preceded by the letter M for Metra — “We’re headed to Union Station to catch the M1" — seems just as confusing as what exists now.

Metra is surveying passengers about a potential ... For example, lines that travel west from Union Station would be colored gold and renamed W1 for the Milwaukee District West and W3 instead ...

Sun-Times file Share Extensive delays persist Tuesday after a person was fatally struck by a Metra train at an Evanston station. The Union Pacific North train hit the person around 11 p.m. Monday ...

Metra is also funding station repairs and upgrades ... Metra Electric Line, BNSF Line, and Union Pacific lines. Bridge improvements include a major project to rebuild 11 120-year-old bridges on the UP ...

Metra Train No.2134, which was scheduled to arrive at Union Station at 1:38 p.m., ran express from Deerfield to Western Avenue. Extensive delays on the Metra MD-N line are expected. Lake Forest ...

Incumbent Elmhurst Mayor Scott Levin appears to have defeated longtime City Councilman Mark Mulliner in Tuesday’s election.

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 ...

Metra: If you are coming in on Metra to Union Station or Ogilvie Transportation Center, you can walk seven blocks east to Columbus Drive. If you are riding Metra to LaSalle Street Station, you can ...