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The Metra Board of Directors today approved a 2025 operating budget of $1.135 billion that holds fares steady at current levels and relies on strong sales tax revenues and a dwindling allotment of…
Metra has unveiled a specially painted locomotive to honor all veterans and active-duty service members and reservists on Veterans Day. The special permanent paint scheme, featuring a bald eagle on…
The 2024 Holiday Trains are sold out. Happy Holidays from Metra!Metra will be bringing holiday magic to six rail lines on four Saturdays this November and December with special holiday train rides on…
Metra and a variety of state and local officials today celebrated the reopening of the 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station on the Metra Electric Line in Harvey following a more than two-year…
Metra’s 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station on the Metra Electric Line in Harvey will reopen to passengers on Monday, Oct. 28, following a more than two-year project to completely rebuild and…
The University Park Station on the Metra Electric Line will be closed Sunday, Oct. 27 due to scheduled track work between University Park and Richton Park.During the one-day closure, Metra Electric…
Metra today proposed a 2025 operating budget of $1.135 billion that holds fares steady at current levels and relies on strong sales tax revenues and a dwindling allotment of federal COVID-relief aid…
Metra passengers boarding inbound trains at five Metra Electric stations close to downtown will need to use temporary platforms from Oct. 14 to Oct. 27 while one of the line’s four tracks is taken…
Metra will offer extra early morning inbound and midafternoon outbound trains on three of its lines for runners and spectators going to the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 13.Extra…
To help the city of Aurora promote its new downtown light experience, known as “LUMENAURA,” two Metra railcars on the BNSF Line will be decorated on the inside with bright and colorful lights and…