Jeff Houghton of Oswego was one of more than 70 area residents who attended an open house at the Oswego Village Hall Dec. 3 regarding the potential extension of Metra BNSF commuter…
Metra isn’t expected to start building the new Auburn Park station in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood’s 79th Street corridor until next spring, but area elected officials…
When the state of Illinois passed the first capital bill in 10 years, it included $100 million to support something the towns of Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano and Sandwich have…
Railroads made Chicago, stealing commerce from steamboat hubs like St. Louis. But it’s a love-hate relationship in the suburbs and Chicago today. Trains brought Abraham Lincoln’s…
The Village of Mundelein and the Regional Transit Authority are working together on a study to figure out how to improve service along Metra’s North Central Service line — and figure…
Ever since Amtrak ended the Black Hawk service from Chicago to Galena and Dubuque, Iowa through in 1981 there have been several futile efforts to bring it back. Most recent efforts…
Metra commuters will be spared a fare hike in 2019, but without an influx of cash for the rail line those riders may face service cuts in 2020. The rail agency opted to give passengers…
It’s been almost 50 years since a passenger train last stopped in DeKalb. It wasn’t for the lack of trying. When Metra first began planning to extend its the Union Pacific West…
