“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.

Amtrak’s Borealis reached the 250,000-passenger milestone during the July 4th holiday weekend, the passenger operator has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Under the proposal, Metra would add a new outbound express departing Union Station at 5:35 a.m. and arriving in Lake Forest at 6:25 a.m., change the schedule of one inbound afternoon train to ...

All Metra Union Pacific North trains were halted for several hours on Saturday evening after a train struck a vehicle near Lake Forest, Metra confirmed on Twitter. According to the Metra website ...

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 ...

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 ...