(CBS) – Representatives for a Nebraska-based railroad that works with Metra to move commuters apologized Friday for its role in service disruptions during last week's bitter cold snap. "Our ...

I am working with the Morrison Knudsen Corporation of Boise, Idaho, which was recently selected by Metra for a $379 million contract for the building and rehabilitation of 313 commuter rail cars. Like ...

Roughly 425 potentially life-saving defibrillators will soon be installed throughout the Metra rail system, officials said Friday. Approximately 300 automatic external defibrillators will be on trains ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A south suburban man was charged Tuesday with stealing $1,500 in copper wire from a Metra rail yard on the South Side. About 1 a.m. Tuesday, Orlando Dampier was caught stealing copper ...

(TNS) -- After years of pondering the idea and once concluding that it would be too technologically difficult and expensive, Metra announced Friday that it plans to install Wi-Fi on 10 rail cars to ...

CHICAGO - The transit agency that provides commuter rail in the Chicago region could soon join the ranks of tax-exempt borrowers under a proposed $2.4 billion, 10-year capital program that relies on ...