A northbound CPKC freight train struck and killed a 72-year-old near the Everett Road crossing in Lake Forest on Friday afternoon. Service Disruptions: Milwaukee District/North Line Metra trains ...

A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a freight train Friday afternoon near Lake Forest, causing delays for Metra Milwaukee District North and Amtrak Hiawatha lines. Lake Forest police ...

Photo: Max Weingardt Train traffic has been halted after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a freight train at the Lake Forest West Metra station Friday afternoon. The Lake Forest Police Department, ...

Trains on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line have been halted Friday afternoon near Lake Forest after a freight train struck a pedestrian, Metra said. Inbound and outbound trains are impacted ...

A Metra train arrives at the LaSalle Street Metra Station. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Metra deserves credit for thinking about renaming each of its 14 commuter rail lines in a bid to help ...

One of Metra’s SD70MACH locomotives pushes a Chicago-bound Milwaukee District North train through Deerfield, Ill., on Feb. 25, 2025. David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra is having “great luck” with its fleet ...

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 ...

Union Pacific Railroad owns those lines and has historically operated them with its own employees, but UP no longer wants to run passenger trains. Metra has been hiring many of UP's workers and ...

Many lines are named after freight railroads that used to or still operate, while others are named for directions, how trains are powered or their location in a historic corridor, according to Metra.

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 ...

F59PHI No. 79 leads a Metra UP Northwest train into Des Plaines, Ill., on May 3, 2024. Metra is asking the Surface Transportation Board to take action to ensure it can continue to operate on UP lines.

NU announced it will end operations of the Metra Train Station Shuttle, which connects NU’s Chicago campus with several major train stations, March 28. Because she works downtown, Sutcliffe ...