As a transportation planner involved in the creation of the Regional Transportation Authority in the mid-1970s, I applaud ...

Metra has begun a rider survey over renaming its lines from their current names — which largely are derived from their ...

Metra is the Chicago area's commuter rail service. Metra provides service on 11 train lines to 228 stations in 6 counties in northeastern Illinois. There are three Metra stations in Evanston at Main ...

causing extensive delays on two commuter lines. Metra said inbound and outbound trains on the North Central Service line were stopped after an inbound train hit a vehicle near the River Grove ...

A Metra train arrives at the LaSalle Street Metra Station. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Metra deserves credit for thinking about renaming each of its 14 commuter rail lines in a bid to help ...