CHICAGO (WLS) -- No Metra or Amtrak trains were able to enter or exit Chicago Union Station for a brief time Thursday morning due to signal problems. Amtrak officials ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The computer glitch that led to major delays on Metra and Amtrak at Union Station Thursday was caused by a worker falling on a circuit board, Senator Dick Durbin said after speaking ...

Amtrak's Chicago-based trains have already experienced an impressive 8% increase in the first nine months of the Amtrak fiscal year, which ends in June 2025. The g ...

A Chaddick Institute report projects a 10% increase in intercity passenger rail travel out of Chicago over the next two years ...

Amtrak ridership on Chicago’s regional routes is climbing faster than other U.S. corridors, boosted by new service to Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Two Metra train lines were shut down for hours Wednesday evening after a train leaving Chicago's Union Station derailed, ...

Metra service on the Milwaukee North, Milwaukee West, and North Central lines was disrupted for about two hours during the evening rush on Wednesday (Aug. 27, 2025) by a minor derailment. Service is ...