“Constructing crossovers at Lake Forest will allow Metra to turn trains around at that location, creating an opportunity for better service in the morning and evening rush periods,” he said.

Metra will stop having agents in the booth at the downtown Lake Forest station as of the end of business July 26, commuter rail agency officials announced, citing a decline in onsite sales ...

LAKE FOREST (CBS)-- Metra Union Pacific/North Line trains were stopped near north suburban Lake Forest because of a suspicious package Friday morning. The suspicious package was discovered about 9 ...

The Lake Forest Police Department, Metra Police Department and Lake Forest Fire Department responded around 12:04 p.m. Friday to the area of Everett Road and Waukegan Road for a report of ...

Trains on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line have been halted Friday afternoon near Lake Forest after a freight train struck a pedestrian, Metra said.. Inbound and outbound trains are impacted ...

A Metra train struck an unoccupied SUV Friday afternoon at the crossing at Western Avenue and Ryan Place in Lake Forest. Lake Forest police and firefighters responded at 2:22 p.m.

Metra board directors amicably and unanimously picked a new chairman from Lake County Friday but not without some behind-the-scenes differences of opinion. Director Norman Carlson, an accounting ...

Delays on Metra’s Union Pacific/North line were expected to last until at least 10 a.m. Sunday after the discovery of a body near the tracks in Lake Forest.

Freight train strikes, kills pedestrian in Lake Forest, causing major delays An unidentified man in his 70s was killed at a railroad crossing Friday afternoon, leading to extensive delays on Metra ...