Federal investigators say an “aggressive” deceleration, a disabled braking system and slippery tracks are to blame for a 2023 Chicago train crash that left dozens of people injured.

With $3 trillion in goods traveling through Chicago every year, the city is the busiest rail hub in the U.S. WSJ breaks down how important rail is to the region, and how vulnerable the system is ...

On Monday, dozens of Barrington High School students and community members gathered next to the downtown Metra train crossing ...

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Two Illinois U.S. Senators and an Illinois Representative are asking for an extension of federal funding for the Chicago-Quad Cities passenger rail project. U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin ...

Plus, we’ve got reporting on closing arguments in the trial of former Illinois ... the Chicago Transit Authority’s steel rails can crack. That’s when the “protectors of the railroad ...

The US DOT has granted a one-and-a-half-year extension to use $177 million in federal funds for the proposed passenger rail ...

West Chicago is offering ... Main Street and the Union Pacific Railroad to the south, and High Street, Washington Street and McConnell Avenue to the north. The Downtown Investment Program is ...

The railroads first helped put West Chicago on the map. Today residents can still catch a train and ride about 30 miles into downtown Chicago. Courtesy of City of West Chicago Government Racial ...