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 is launching a pilot program for new fare collection technology at the beginning of April.

Metra is testing out new ticket checks at five downtown Chicago stations. Riders will need to have their Ventra or paper ...

The goal of the pilot is to test the speed, functionality and durability of new handheld devices to scan Ventra and paper tickets.

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 ...

Metra is about to change how some downtown riders get on their trains, and it starts right at the door. Beginning Monday, ...

The city of Aurora is looking to increase parking prices at the city’s two Metra stations. The proposal, set to go before the Aurora City Council on Tuesday, would increase parking prices from $2 per ...

An Amtrak bridge in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood became stuck in the air Monday, impacting Metra service out of Union Station. According to Metra officials, the South Branch Bridge, which crosses the ...

Chicago commuter railroad Metra is donating one of the two remaining historic F40C commuter locomotives to Railroading ...