Metra is testing out new ticket checks at five downtown Chicago stations. Riders will need to have their Ventra or paper ticket scanned before boarding trains.

Billionaire investor Justin Ishbia is on the verge of buying an Amtrak rail yard southwest of downtown and just across the Chicago River from The 78, a new mixed-use development still eyed as a ...

More than 1,400 riders had advice for the newly formed Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which will oversee the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace starting in June.

Metra is about to change how some downtown riders get on their trains, and it starts right at the door. Beginning Monday, April 6, conductors on select off-peak trains will ask riders at Millennium ...

For $2,200 a month, my Queens apartment has one bedroom and one bathroom. The Chicago apartment I toured cost the same and ...

Metra is launching a pilot program for new fare collection technology at the beginning of April.

Metra officials have announced a pilot program that will explore a dramatic change to the way fares are collected on its trains. According to a press release Thursday, the agency will begin a pilot ...

Good morning, Chicago. Billionaire investor Justin Ishbia is on the verge of buying an Amtrak rail yard southwest of downtown and just across the Chicago River from The 78, a new mixed-use development ...

Crave Food Hall serving as a restaurant incubator, with some businesses expanding to their own stand-alone locations.

Construction of a new state-of-the-art soundstage/bandshell in downtown East Dundee could start this fall. Village Board ...

A donation from Metra to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) is bringing a historic diesel locomotive to the museum. Metra donated the EMD F40C #11 and it will be preserved at RRHMA as ...

O'Hare and Midway are bracing for a spring break travel surge — just as delays and disruptions pile up nationwide. Why it matters: Chicago Public Schools' spring break is sending thousands more ...