Metra reported delays along its BNSF Line on Monday evening after a freight train struck a pedestrian in the western suburbs.

UPDATE: Thursday morning, following a tentative agreement reached by union workers and railroad companies, both Metra and Amtrak said all lines will run as scheduled, and that they were working to ...

Metra on Dec. 1 advised the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that “despite concerted and ongoing efforts,” no agreement has ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Metra held a board meeting Wednesday to address the looming threat of a railroad worker strike. If the strike happens, nine of Metra's 11 lines could be halted Friday. Both BNSF ...

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 ...

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As government and business officials brace for the possibility of a national freight railroad work stoppage, Metra and Amtrak warned of service changes beginning Thursday. Amtrak said Wednesday it was ...

Metra and Amtrak began restoring canceled trains Thursday morning, hours after the White House announced a tentative railway labor agreement had been reached that averted the possibility of a freight ...

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A city contractor died Monday evening after a freight train struck the snow-removal equipment he was operating at the ...