Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metra BNSF Line trains meet in Lisle, Ill., on March 20, 2026. Metra and BNSF have reached agreement on a new operating contract.

HINSDALE, Ill. (WLS) -- Inbound and outbound Metra BNSF trains are back on the move Monday, after an inbound Metra train hit a vehicle in Hinsdale, the commuter rail said. Hinsdale police shared video ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trains on the Metra BNSF Line were halted in both directions after a truck struck a bridge near Cicero Thursday morning. Metra ...

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The family of an Elgin man killed by a freight train last year while removing snow at a Naperville train station has sued ...

Metra is adding weekday express trains and expanded hourly service on weekends to the BNSF Line to Aurora, starting Sept. 8, according to the online schedule. Two inbound express trains will be added ...

Large crowds of commuters trying to get home amid brutally cold weather in Chicago crowded Union Station after a second day of rush hour train delays and cancellations. Metra warned the delays could ...

Train service for the Metra BNSF line was halted Wednesday night in the Chicago suburbs after a pedestrian was struck by a train near the Naperville station, Metra officials said. Metra confirmed ...

CHICAGO - Metra has negotiated a new contract for operations on BNSF Railway, extending its agreement to operate on its BNSF Line between Chicago and Aurora, Ill., for up to 10 years. The new contract ...