Metra tweeted that UP-NW train #629 was scheduled is stopped near Palatine after striking the vehicle. More information about ...

Metra Electric is named for the way the trains are powered. Each line is identified on maps and signs by a different color. Commuters wait to board an inbound Union Pacific Northwest Metra train ...

On maps, signs ... be labeled N1 (for the UP North), N4 (for the UP Northwest) and W2 (for the UP West). The document below ...

The move comes as Metra takes control of three lines previously operated by the Union Pacific Railroad, which runs the Union Pacific North, Northwest ... corridor. On maps, signs, and timetables ...

She rides Metra from Palatine two or three times a month for business meetings in Chicago. Angelette Smith, 46, said she once missed a UP-Northwest train because she misunderstood a Metra timetable.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines.

The issue dates back to 2019 when the freight railroad decided it was no longer feasible to operate trains on Metra’s three commuter lines, the UP North, Northwest and West. Over the years ...

Metra will soon assume complete operational control on the Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union ... location in a historic corridor. On maps, signs, and timetables, each line ...