UPDATE 3/7/2014: Initially witnesses that called 911 reported they thought the person hit by the train was in her 20s. The female was discovered to be a teen, age 17. Buffalo Grove police and firefighter/paramedics […]
Two Metra train incidents occurred during the evening rush during Friday night’s rush hour. Downers Grove firefighter/paramedics and police responded about 5:45 p.m. Friday to a report of a pedestrian hit by a Metra train […]
Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:50 PM Friday to a report of a pedestrian struck by a train at Baldwin Road in Palatine.. Baldwin Road is located between Palatine and Inverness this evening, authorities […]
A 95-year-old on a bicycle was hit by a Metra commuter train on the Union Pacific line at Northwest Highway and Central Road in Mount Prospect. Mount Prospect police and firefight/paramedics responded to the scene […]
The following trains on the Union Pacific Northwest Line have been stopped or halted due to weather conditions until 5:15 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. when conditions are more favorable to operate trains. #637, scheduled to […]
Metra is running a Pre-Labor Day Early Quit Schedule in effect Friday, August 30th, 2013. Here are the Union Pacific Northwest Line changes for Metra UP-NW Changes: NW01 1:24 PM express to Mt. Prospect & […]
Prospect Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:46 AM Tuesday to a report of a man that jumped in front of train near the Prospect Heights Metra Train station, 101 South Wolf Road Prospect Heights, […]
UPDATE: A male pedestrian was struck by a train and killed near the downtown Des Plaines Metra station about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Inbound and outbound train movement was halted near Des Plaines due to the […]
Arlington Heights police responded about 9:10 p.m. Thursday to a Metra police request for assistance regarding an inbound Chicago Metra passenger train scheduled for a 9:21 p.m. arrival at the Arlington Park Metra station. The […]
Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Protection District firefighter/paramedics and Bannockburn police responded about 7:35 a.m. Tuesday to train vs. SUV crash near Waukegan Road and Half Day Road. Firefighter/paramedics on the scene reported on minor injury to a […]
The Stevenson and Dan Ryan expressways will close earlier than originally planned tonight because of the NATO summit. The Chinatown feeder ramp from the inbound Dan Ryan to the northbound Stevenson (I-55) will be shut […]
Following is a press release from Metra released Friday May 11 that outlines restrictions related to the NATO Summit. Most Metra riders will not see service changes as a result of the NATO Summit on […]
NEWS FLASH: Railroad tracks shred tires, as in this case of a Buick driven eastbound on the Union Pacific Northwest Line of Metra during the morning rush hour Monday. Palatine police and Arlington Heights police […]
UPDATE: Union Pacific Metra Northwest Line train gates reported functioning normally at about 6:46 p.m. Thursday, according to police on the scene, but were stuck down again about 7:00 p.m. with Union Pacific reporting they […]
Arlington Heights police received a report about 5:44 a.m. Wednesday of a vandalism at the train station building 2121 West Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights. Police received a report that the building was tagged by graffiti […]
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