If new funds do not come in, the agencies are predicting not only a drastic reduction in service, but also the cutting of thousands of jobs.

A major crisis is brewing for Chicago's public transit system, officials warned on Friday. The Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the budgets for CTA, Metra, and Pace, is facing a $ ...

A radical overhaul that would dissolve the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and merge Metra, Pace and the CTA into a single mega-agency with one governing board. The problem? Chicago and ...

Sun-Times file Share The CTA could eliminate half its bus lines, Metra could end service on its ... COVID-19 pandemic grant money runs out. Chicago public transit has been losing money since ...

Students across Chicago are being asked to put their creativity to work for rail safety and enter the rail agency’s 18th annual Metra Safety Competition. This year’s contest theme is ...

Metra CEO Jim Derwinski with a locomotive at Metra’s Rock Island District mechanical shops, 147 W. 47th St. in Chicago, in 2020. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) “Unless the legislature solves ...

Chicago’s commuter rail system Metra has announced a comprehensive 2025 construction programme, focusing on station improvements, track maintenance, and signal upgrades across its network.

The plan includes Metra Electric track and signal upgrades, and major tie replacements on three lines, plus other system-wide improvements. Credit: Markus Mainka/Shutterstock. Chicago’s commuter rail ...