A new Amtrak line will start running in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama this summer. What to know about when, how to get ...

He said he has spoken with Racine Mayor Cory Mason about the project. In 2022, Racine received $5 million from the federal government for a new study on the feasibility of the commuter rail project.

The victims have not yet been identified and authorities "are actively investigating the fatal crash," Gary Police Department ...

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son severely ...

All of the cars will be delivered by 2032, with the pilot cars to be delivered in 2029, and put into service by 2030. The ...

Looking to make its dollar go further, Metra turned to Progress Rail to convert former freight locomotives into passenger ...

Metra will receive more than $104 million in grants for station projects and the purchase of three electric switching locomotives, the commuter rail operator has announced. The funding will come from ...

Boston Your MBTA Commuter Rail train may now run on vegetable oil Published: May. 14, 2025, 1:47 p.m.

On April 9, a commuter rail train hit a tractor-trailer at the same Canton railroad crossing as the Feb. 27 collision after the vehicle stopped on the tracks between the two protective gates.

Since the Northstar Line commuter rail service began running in 2009, it has struggled to meet ridership expectations. During the pandemic, ridership plummeted, and has not recovered anywhere near its ...

High-speed rail, with rare exceptions, is a boondoggle. Years ago, as governor of Wisconsin, I was right to kill the proposed line between Milwaukee and Madison.

How Metra named its 14 suburban commuter rail lines made little sense. Its two “Milwaukee” lines don’t go to the Wisconsin city — and are instead named after the Milwaukee Road the lines ...