Daywatch: State rep calls on Metra to release internal investigation
Good morning, Chicago. State Rep. Kambium “Kam” Buckner called on Metra to release the findings of an internal investigation, ...
Editorial: Metra’s costly investigation into its own police calls for transparency
If the complaints that prompted this most recent investigation prove to be unfounded, the department has nothing to hide. If ...
State representative blasts Metra for failing to release internal investigation results
State Rep. Kambium “Kam” Buckner expressed “deep disappointment” in Metra’s decision to withhold the results of an internal ...
Second pedestrian struck and killed by Metra train in Downers Grove, Illinois in 24 hours
This is the second BNSF Metra train to hit a pedestrian in Downers Grove in 24 hours. Just after 4:30 p.m. on Monday, a train ...
Pedestrian fatally struck by Metra train in Downers Grove is 2nd in last 24 hours
A pedestrian was fatally hit by a Metra train in Downers Grove Tuesday morning at the same station where a man was struck and ...
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Illinois lawmakers grill mass transit leaders as clock ticks toward funding ‘cliff’
Pritzker’s proposed $55.2 billion state budget for the next fiscal year raises spending by just 1% across most of state ...
Metra trains halted in Chicago's west suburbs after train hits, kills pedestrian
Trains on the Metra BNSF line were halted just in time for the afternoon rush Monday, after a train hit and killed a ...
Family sues Metra after journalist hit and killed by South Shore Line train at Chicago station
Grace Bentkowski, 22, was crossing the tracks at the Hegewisch station at 13730 S. Brainard Ave last July when she was hit by ...
2nd pedestrian killed by Metra BNSF train in less than 24 hours in Downers Grove
Train No. 1244 will also not operate temporarily. On Monday evening, a train also struck a pedestrian in the same area. Monday's crash was near Gilbert Avenue, and a Metra spokesperson said that ...
Pedestrian dead in second fatal Metra crash in 24 hours in Downers Grove
BNSF train No. 1228, scheduled to arrive at Union Station at 8 a.m., struck a pedestrian near the Main Street Downers Grove station.
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Pedestrian dies after being struck by Metra train in Downers Grove
A pedestrian was struck by a Metra train in Downers Grove early this morning, less than 24 hours after another pedestrian was ...
Metra BNSF train in Downers Grove strikes pedestrian; 2nd time in less than 24 hours
Around 4:40 p.m. Monday, BNSF outbound trains were stopped near Main Street in Downers Grove due to train #1272 striking a ...