CHICAGO (WLS) -- A derailed freight train at 123rd Street on the city's Far South Side is causing delays on the Rock Island Metra main line that travels to Joliet. Thursday afternoon outbound trains ...

The Rock Island District line will not run your way today. The line will be closed while crews from Canadian National work to replace tracks. All Rock Island trains will instead run to and from New ...

MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. (WLS) -- A Metra Rock Island train struck a car in Midlothian Tuesday morning. At about 5 a.m., Metra Rock Island inbound train #400 hit a car at the grade crossing between Willow ...

Metra unveiled a prototype for their Cafe Cars that will rotate across the busiest train lines this fall as the transportation agency asks riders for feedback on the design. The car will debut on ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Metra Rock Island inbound and outbound train traffic was halted in the city due to the derailment of train No. 704 on Monday. The first car behind the locomotive appeared to derail at ...

Commuters using Metra’s Rock Island service can expect more delays and cancellations after an earlier derailment on Monday. According to the latest update from the agency, all inbound trains between ...

“The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road, the Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride … " That was how folk singers and rail fans referred to the Rock Island railroad, which built its rail lines ...