BNSF Railway plans to spend $3.8 billion on capital projects in 2025, with the vast majority for network maintenance, the company announced today (Jan. 23, 2025). “Our 2025 capital plan reflects ...

Metra is exploring financing options to address the urgent need to replace its ageing bridge infrastructure in the Chicago metropolitan area.

The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to ...

Commuter operator Metra says it is considering the rarely used option of outside financing to address its increasingly urgent need to replace aging bridges. Metra owns 446 of the 926 bridges on its ...

Metra may leverage low-interest federal loans to replace or repair some of its oldest bridges. At a Wednesday meeting, board ...

The clock is ticking for transit agencies facing a crater-sized budget hole, Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski warned at ...

As many members of the Northwestern community undoubtedly know, the Chicago Transit Authority is facing a crisis. Transit ...

Video obtained by FOX 32 Chicago showed flames coming from a Metra train Monday evening, causing significant delays.

Video obtained by FOX 32 Chicago showed flames coming from a Metra train Monday evening, causing significant delays.

The Davis Street Metra station in downtown Evanston is scheduled to get some improvements — but it will be at least a year before riders see any of them.

Don’t kill the messenger is a concept that dates as far back as Shakespeare and Sophocles. But what happens when good ...

Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on: ‘Duey Juice’ Rum Cocktails ...