Empire Builder trains scheduled to leave Union Station for Seattle at 11:05 a.m. and 3:05 p.m. on Monday have been canceled, according to Amtrak.

With $3 trillion in goods traveling through Chicago every year, the city is the busiest rail hub in the U.S. WSJ breaks down how important rail is to the region, and how vulnerable the system is ...

The Regional Transportation Authority — a government agency that oversees finances and transit planning for the Chicago Transit Authority, the city’s commuter rail system Metra and the bus ...

CBS News Chicago asked the CTA if it is buying any power from the Double Black Diamond project downstate. On Oct. 9, the CTA responded by saying: "The electricity that powers CTA's rail system ...

Unfortunately, there are also some dangerous destinations to steer clear of in Chicago. One of them, according to some locals ...

Metra, the primary commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area, announced it will be exploring alternative finance measures to address its infrastructure backlog.

"No wider than a semi-truck and trailer, it would be possible to run this line down the inside shoulder of I-90," writes Robert Manning of Rockford.

Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority, the L (short for "elevated train") is cheap and easy to use. The CTA also operates an extensive bus system with routes servicing nearly every attraction ...

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) completes Automatic Train Control (ATC) implementation on all north side Commuter Rail lines. Also, ridership across the Chicago region’s fixed-route ...

A man was killed Thursday morning when he was hit by a Metra train near the Waukegan-North Chicago border, a spokeswoman for the commuter rail agency said. The Lake County Coroner’s Office said ...

Service includes the Intercampus, Loop Shuttle, Student Game Day, Frostbite, and Chicago Train Station shuttles. All combined, the system provides over one million rides a year to the campus community ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are looking for two suspects in connection to a Christmas Eve stabbing and robbery on a CTA train on the West Side. The crimes happened around 8:59 p.m. December 24 ...