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Metra passengers will have more trains on the BNSF Line and more stops on the Union Pacific West Line starting Sept. 8. “The new schedule responds to customer feedback and ridership data with the aim ...

Metra is adding weekday express trains and expanded hourly service on weekends to the BNSF Line to Aurora, starting Sept. 8, according to the online schedule. Two inbound express trains will be added ...

Metra officials have announced a pilot program that will explore a dramatic change to the way fares are collected on its trains. According to a press release Thursday, the agency will begin a pilot ...

Metra will be operating its popular holiday trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December. Holiday train trips will be offered on the Metra ...

A pedestrian was struck and killed Friday evening by an inbound Metra BNSF train at a Brookfield intersection near a suburban station, officials said. Train #1276 was running express to Union Station ...