CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Metra train struck a car, disrupting service on the Rock Island line Tuesday morning. Metra said Rock Island train #404 hit a vehicle at 111th Street near Marshfield Avenue. The ...

MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. (WLS) -- A man trying to catch a Metra Rock Island Line train was struck and killed Friday morning in Midlothian. The horrible accident unfolded in front of a platform full of Metra ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Metra’s board of directors gave their approval Wednesday to a nearly $9 million plan to completely renovate the 115th Street-Morgan Park station on the the Rock Island Line. The depot ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Metra Rock Island inbound and outbound train traffic was halted in the city due to the derailment of train No. 704 on Monday. The first car behind the locomotive appeared to derail at ...

Commuters using Metra’s Rock Island service can expect more delays and cancellations after an earlier derailment on Monday. According to the latest update from the agency, all inbound trains between ...

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The Illinois Commerce Commission voted 5-0 Tuesday to grant approval for the construction and operation of a 121-mile power line in the state that supporters say will take wind-generated electricity ...