A CTA train heading toward downtown crashed into a slow-moving snow plow that was on the rails on Nov. 16, 2023. Thirty-eight ...

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.

OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- Thieves targeted shipping containers on a freight train in Oak Park Thursday afternoon. Police ...

Service has been halted on two Metra lines after a train hit a car Tuesday morning near west suburban River Grove. Metra said ...

With the coldest air of the season expected to blanket the Chicago area in coming days, Amtrak has preemptively canceled multiple trains. According to the agency, the Empire Builder train set to ...

The order, issued in a Transportation Department memo late last week, calls on the department to "give preference to ...

Opening Friday afternoon, RISE at Salt Shed is reportedly the first cannabis retail store to operate inside a U.S. music venue. Lanes were back open as of about 7:15 a.m. after the 12:40 a.m. wreck in ...

As a cold blast of Arctic air looms next week, Amtrak has canceled multiple trains either originating or ending in Chicago. According to the agency, Monday’s Empire Builder train, scheduled to ...

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

Larry McClellan, a founding professor at Governors State University, has spent decades researching, writing and speaking ...