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Metra is restoring service on all train lines to pre-pandemic levels and won’t raise fares next year

Concrete fell from a railroad bridge Wednesday onto the Kennedy Expressway, about a mile west of the Edens junction.

Metra BNSF service was running with extensive delays Friday morning after a train struck and killed a pedestrian in Berwyn.

Commuters trying to get home from work are seeing some train lines stopped due to severe thunderstorms and high winds, while travelers at Chicago’s airports are also feeling the impact, with more than 270 flights canceled Tuesday. According to the Chicago Department of Aviation, 235 flights have been canceled at O’Hare International Airport as of 9 p.m. Tuesday. Another 40…

NBC’s Sky 5 flew over the Sycamore area impacted by Monday night’s tornado to get an overhead view of the damage caused by the severe weather.

Extensive delays were possible on Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line after a train struck a vehicle Friday afternoon, seriously injuring two people in Chicago’s Norwood Park neighborhood, authorities said. The collision was reported before 4:30 p.m. near North Nagle and North Avondale avenues, just east of the Norwood Park Metra station. Inbound and outbound train movement was halted following...

Lollapalooza, the largest music festival in Chicago, is days away.

Metra is gradually phasing out ticket agents as the transit agency introduces more ticketless stations for purchasing fare. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

Metra expanded services Monday as part of an effort to welcome back riders who are slowly coming back after the pandemic, but the commuter line also acknowledges challenges. NBC 5’s Kye Martin reports.

Metra celebrated riders with treats in downtown Chicago train stations Monday, celebrating commuters and welcoming many back as employees return to in-person working.

Metra celebrated riders with treats in downtown Chicago train stations Monday, celebrating commuters and welcoming many back as employees return to in-person working. Chris Hush has details.

Metra plans to celebrate riders with treats in downtown stations next week.

Metra is increasing service as more commuters return to its trains after months of decreased use during the coronavirus pandemic.

Witnesses told investigators that a car in which two adults and a 5-year-old girl were killed when it was struck by a Chicago Metra train had pulled out of a row of stopped vehicles and was crossing the tracks when the collision occurred, a spokesman for the commuter rail system said Monday.

Authorities on Monday identified the child who was among three killed when a Metra train struck a vehicle in Chicago the day before.

Three people, including a child, died Sunday when a Metra train heading toward downtown Chicago struck a vehicle in the city’s Beverly neighborhood. Jen DeSalvo reports.

Three people, including a child, died Sunday evening when a Metra train heading toward downtown Chicago struck a vehicle in the city’s Beverly neighborhood, authorities said. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Three people died Sunday evening when a Metra train heading toward downtown Chicago struck a vehicle in the city’s Beverly neighborhood, authorities said.

Metra’s Rock Island Line was experiencing both inbound and outbound delays Friday afternoon after a train fatally struck a pedestrian in south suburban Tinley Park, authorities said.

A woman using a pedestrian crossing at Chicago’s Gladstone Park Metra station was fatally struck by a train Monday evening, authorities said.