Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday (Dec. 16) signed into law the legislation providing $1.5 billion in new funding for ...

Public transit in the Chicago metropolitan area will get a $1.5 billion infusion to save it from financial disaster under a ...

Metra BNSF trains are running with delays after a vehicle was hit by an Amtrak train Tuesday evening in Brookfield, Illinois.

The Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding for public transportation in Chicago unless the city tightens ...

A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train in the west Chicago suburb of Bensenville Thursday afternoon. At 1:17 p.m., Metra ...

Passengers say the journey on Amtrak's Southwest Chief is worth it: no TSA lines, ground-level scenery spanning deserts and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With money for new rail lines, regulations for residential development projects and a list of infrastructure priorities in the Chicago area, a public transportation bill recently ...

President Donald Trump said Chicago is “out of control” after a man with 72 prior arrests allegedly set a woman on fire aboard a train. Authorities say Lawrence Reed is the suspect in the attack that ...

On April 23, 2020, a man poured gasoline around the Illinois state government building in Chicago and set it on fire. The man, identified as Lawrence Reed, 44, was said to be angry because he had not ...

Fall in the Midwest is made for train rides with your family. For those in Chicago, these routes combine colorful scenery with the fun of traveling by rail — whether on a cross-state Amtrak line or a ...

On April 23, 2020, a man poured gasoline around the Illinois state government building in Chicago and set it on fire. The man ...