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Metra will be operating its popular holiday trains – specially decorated trains filled with holiday characters – on five rail lines this December. Holiday train trips will be offered on the Metra ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Transit Authority and Metra approved their budgets this week, which did not include any fare increases. Commuters who use the CTA will not be paying more next year. The ...

The festive railcars—which will appear on all five Metra lines this year—will be spreading holiday cheer throughout Chicagoland. You can tell it’s the holidays in Chicagoland when even the trains ...

After consecutive years of gloomy budget sessions, Metra directors approved a 2026 fiscal plan amid an optimistic atmosphere Thursday. The agency’s $1.2 billion operating budget followed the Illinois ...

After the Illinois General Assembly locked in new funding sources for mass transit agencies in the state, fare rates have been set for Chicago-area agencies. Metra, Pace and CTA will be folded under ...

The CTA, Metra, and Pace have approved 2026 budgets without fare hikes or service cuts, thanks to the transit bailout approved by state lawmakers last month. Metra's board of directors approved a $1.2 ...

The Regional Transportation Authority will no longer demand the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace raise fares by 10% next year, thanks to a transit funding package passed in Springfield. The ...

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is walking back a request for fare hikes for the CTA, Metra and Pace 7 lions to be euthanized at wildlife park: "No real options left" The Backlash To Trump ...

CHICAGO — Tickets for Metra’s popular Holiday Trains go on sale at noon on Monday. The beloved decorated trains are filled with holiday characters, and will run on five rail lines this December.

The transit bill that cleared the Legislature in Springfield at the end of October is a monumental achievement. At the 11th hour of the veto session, legislators passed a bill that saves the Chicago ...