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Metra passengers will have more trains on the BNSF Line and more stops on the Union Pacific West Line starting Sept. 8. “The ...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Sept. 2 granted Metra’s application for terminal trackage rights to continue ...
Two commuter rail lines could share track and infrastructure between Denver and Longmont, lowering costs, and increasing opportunities for more federal funding for both projects.
Commuter rail service from Denver to Boulder and Longmont, once thought to be decades away, will likely happen as early as January 2029 thanks to an intergovernmental agreement and state ...
Inbound and outbound trains on a busy Metra line Friday were stopped after a freight train derailment, Metra said, with extensive delays anticipated.
Service on the Metra BNSF line was disrupted for several hours Friday afternoon, after a freight train hit a semi-trailer truck at the station in LaGrange, Illinois.
Details about the Amtrak train that hit the pedestrian, and any Amtrak delays, were not immediately available.
Re: “Why high-speed rail will fail without better local train service” (Feb. 28, Opinion): The quote that passenger rail operates “in the slipstream of freight,” attributed to our Pacific ...