Metra will receive the largest discretionary grant in its history – a $169.3 million federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) grant – to buy battery-powered, zero-emission…
Metra today unveiled a $1.1 billion operating budget for 2024 that includes a major revision to its fare structure and a new mix of fare products. It also proposed a $574.9 million capital budget…
Metra and local officials today officially dedicated the new Ravenswood Station on the Union Pacific North Line, following the recent opening of the rebuilt inbound side of the facility.The $36.1…
Union Pacific Railroad will embark on a major tie replacement project beginning Monday, Aug. 14 along an approximately 10-mile stretch of the UP North Line between Highland Park and Wilmette.Union…
Three Metra trains will not operate beyond Lake Forest late Friday night, Aug. 11, and early Saturday morning, Aug. 12, due to construction work between Lake Forest and Libertyville.On Friday,…
Beginning Aug. 14, four trains will be added to the Metra Electric Line’s Blue Island Branch schedule. Electric Line riders on all branches will also see minor changes to the existing train schedule…
Metra joined Blue Island Mayor Fred Bilotto and other dignitaries today in Blue Island to dedicate the newly rehabilitated Blue Island-Vermont Street Station depot on the Rock Island Line.“Events…
Metra has opened a survey and scheduled informational sessions at downtown stations to solicit feedback about proposed changes to its fare structure for 2024 that would reduce the number of fare…
Metra and elected officials broke ground today on a project to rebuild the 79th Street/Chatham, 87th Street/Woodruff and 103rd Street/Rosemoor stations on the Metra Electric Line. The work includes…
Para vercion en Espanol, haga clic aqui.Metra is asking for its customers and the public to comment on the biggest proposed change to its fare structure in its history, a plan for 2024 that would…