Metra is proud to support the 2026 Presidents Cup, the PGA TOUR's biennial global team competition. From September 22-27, the world's top golfers will compete at historic Medinah Country Club, ...

The Metra Board of Directors today approved a $1.2 billion operating budget for 2026 that relies on new state funding and requires no fare increases or service cuts. It also approved a $515.3 million ...

Metra today unveiled a $1.1 billion budget for 2026 that includes an RTA-mandated fare increase and other measures to cover a projected $68 million shortfall, but no service cuts will be needed. It ...

Metra and local officials today broke ground on a project to renovate the South Water Street entrance to Millennium Station on the Metra Electric Line. The project includes ADA improvements; new ...

Metra will be operating its popular Holiday Trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December. Tickets for the trains will go on sale at noon on Nov ...

Metra announced today that it will conduct Operation Lifesaver Safety Blitzes at 40 train stations across the six-county region in 2025 as part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the ...

Metra and local officials today celebrated the completion of a $39.5 million project to replace an 1899 railroad bridge over Milwaukee Avenue on the North Side of Chicago and reconstruct the adjacent ...

Metra will add trains on the UP North and UP West lines for the third annual NASCAR Chicago Street Race in Grant Park, in addition to the previously announced extra trains on the Rock Island Line.

Joined by a variety of officials who helped make it possible, Metra today officially broke ground on a $56 million project to rehabilitate and expand the 95th St./Chicago State University Station on ...

This week’s severe storms are forcing Metra to delay a previously announced closure of its Rock Island Line from this upcoming weekend until the weekend of Aug. 28-30. The closure will now begin ...

Metra will be putting its prototype Café Car into service this fall, rotating it across most of its busiest lines and stations and asking riders to take a survey about whether they like the concept ...

With severe cold forecast for the Chicago region, Metra has made the decision to operate reduced schedules on all its lines on Friday, Jan. 23. The severe weather schedules for each Metra line are ...