Metra’s wildly popular Holiday Trains are back and ready to spread holiday cheer throughout the season on six Metra lines. Specially decorated trains with holiday characters will make round trips on ...

Metra’s Rock Island Line will be closed the weekend of Nov. 13-15 to accommodate the raising of a Metra railroad bridge at 79th Street in Chicago’s Auburn Park neighborhood.

Metra and one of region’s cultural icons, Lyric Opera of Chicago, are teaming up to offer free Metra rides to Lyric shows between Nov. 20 and Nov. 29. Just show your Lyric ticket to the conductor on ...

Metra’s movement to regional rail is also driven by the passage of the NITA Act, which requires Metra to implement a regional rail pilot on the Rock Island Line by January 2027, and specifies that the ...