If Union Pacific’s merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who’ve been hauling freight across Chicago ...

Chicago-area transit users will see reduced service on Metra train lines Friday as the agency aims to protect its infrastructure amid an extreme cold snap.

Amtrak has canceled several long-distance trains in and out of Chicago for multiple days because of a forecast of extreme ...

With the right policies to support investment, innovation and regulation, Chicago can remain the nation's freight hub for ...

The new rail cars, which would run on routes like the California Zephyr between Chicago and San Francisco and the Cardinal between New York and Chicago, are the latest plans for investment in a system ...

When you board an American long-distance train, you are trading airport routine for entry into a locomotive-driven realm where there is neither TSA nor WiFi.