On Sunday May 31, 2020 at 7:57 p.m. Metra announced the suspension of all train service on Monday June 1, 2020. “For the safety of the public and our employees, and because of municipal travel […]
On Monday morning, commuters who still have to get into Chicago for work will need to adjust to different schedules on Metra. CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker looks at how that may affect Metra’s finances. […]
Overnight Wednesday/Thursday at about 1:15 a.m. Thursday, March 19, 2020, an outbound Metra train was arriving at the Arlington Heights Metra train station. The train was westbound at Arlington Heights Road, but as the train […]
Police and firefighter/paramedics from Chicago responded about 7:50 a.m. February 22, 2020 to a report of a passenger train derailment at 14th Street and Prairie Total of 3 passengers were initially reported injured — all […]
Police and firefighter/paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 7:26 a.m to a report that pedestrian was hit by a Metra train on the Union Pacific Northwest Line. UPDATE: Metra police and Union Pacific railroad workers […]
Pedestrian hit and killed by Metra train near Arlington Park, Arlington Heights accidentally walked too close to tracks. The death of a pedestrian that was hit by a Metra train Tuesday evening just west of […]
Arlington Heights police responded about 8:18 a.m. Monday July 8, 2019 to a semi-trailer truck stalled on the Metra UP Northwest Line railroad tracks at Arlington Heights Road. The semi-trailer truck weighed 100,000 LBS, but […]
Metra riders caught with alcohol on trains during the Memorial Day weekend could find themselves arrested or removed from the train. According to Metra, “Sipping a cold one while you take in the scenery onboard […]
Spectacular foggy sunrise Saturday morning April 6, 2019. Fog started rolling in about 2:30 a.m. Saturday and started lifting from about 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Air temperature was about 40°F at sunrise at 6:26 […]
Union Pacific railroad crews are repairing a broken rail at the Smith Street railroad crossing. Smith Street is closed to all vehicles between Wood Street and Wilson Street in downtown Palatine. The Smith Street crossing […]
Lombard police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:30 p.m. Monday January 14, 2019 to a crash involving a car and a Metra passenger train at Grace and St Charles Road. Lombard police Officer Dan Herrera, and […]
Arlington Heights police responded about 9:18 PM Monday November 26, 2018 to a report of a car vs train crash Arthur Avenue and Northwest Highway Arlington Heights, IL. Police received a report of a minor […]
Chicago police, firefighters, and paramedics responded about 11:42 a.m. Saturday November 3, 2018 to a report of an explosion with burn victims, who were working on railroad track maintenance on tracks in the block of […]
Northbrook police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:48 AM Saturday September 29, 2018 to a report of a pedestrian hit by a train at the Metra train station at 1401 Shermer Rd Northbrook, Il. Police and […]
During storms in Lake County cars became stuck in high flood waters on the side of the road after storms continued in a series in the area over the Labor Day Weekend. A truck was […]
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