The Metra Holiday Trains have entered the station! Trips will be offered on five rail lines this holiday season.

Chicagoans can catch a ride on Metra’s beloved holiday trains soon, as the transit agency announced Wednesday it will run the ...

“Our Holiday Trains have become an annual tradition for our riders and their families, and we are happy to be operating them again,” Metra CEO and Executive Director Jim Derwinski said in a statement.

Tickets are $10 each and go on sale Nov. 17 at noon. Rides will be offered on five rail lines, and tickets are expected to ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – Metra says it's adding to its aging fleet, but the previously Amtrak-owned locomotives that Metra bought this year are ranked the lowest of the low by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

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Metra leaders agreed Wednesday to spend $71 million on 15 refurbished locomotives to replace some of the railroad's oldest engines. Officials acknowledged the replacements aren't the same as new ones, ...

CHICAGO (CBS)—Money woes have forced Metra to make the most of their resources, which has meant maintaining a 30-year-old fleet of locomotives—which are well past their prime. Metra says it needs ...

Chicagoland's Metra has awarded Progress Rail Services Corp. a $91.1 million contract to rehabilitate 41 EMD F40PH-2 and F40PHM-2 locomotives to "like new" condition. The locomotives were manufactured ...

Metra apologized to customers today for two locomotive breakdowns that caused hundreds of passengers on the UP Northwest line to be stuck on board trains for up to three hours. The disruption Monday ...