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Report calls Metra police force ‘antiquated,’ questions effectiveness

December 23, 2018 at 3:22 p.m.

Metra operates an "antiquated" police department with excessive overtime, irrational staffing plans and officers who were not qualified to use firearms for more than two years, according to a blistering...

Near Kinzie and Clinton Streets a Metra train sits still as another heads north west.

Phone app could be wave of future for Metra

June 17, 2018 at 5:24 p.m.

A smartphone-based ticket program used in Boston may be in the future for Metra riders as the rail agency's possible response to the CTA's Ventra card, officials say. Commuters in...

Phone app could be wave of future for Metra

December 23, 2018 at 3:19 p.m.

A smartphone-based ticket program used in Boston may be in the future for Metra riders as the rail agency's possible response to the CTA's Ventra card, officials say. Commuters in...

Railroads apologize for Metra’s weather problems

December 23, 2018 at 3:18 p.m.

Top officials from two railroads that carry most of Metra's passengers apologized Friday for the chronic delays, cancellations and car shortages that made customers late for work and kept them...

Union Pacific VP apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ performance during cold

December 23, 2018 at 3:18 p.m.

Top officials from two railroads that carry most of Metra's passengers apologized Friday for the chronic delays, cancellations and car shortages that made customers late for work and kept them...

Metra names interim police chief

May 21, 2019 at 4:31 a.m.

A former deputy superintendent of the Chicago Police Department was named as Metra's interim police chief Thursday, the commuter rail agency announced. Harvey Radney, 68, replaces former Chief James Sanford,...

Metra names interim police chief

December 23, 2018 at 3:17 p.m.

A former deputy superintendent of the Chicago Police Department was named as Metra's interim police chief Thursday, the commuter rail agency announced. Harvey Radney, 68, replaces former Chief James Sanford,...

Car shortages reported on UP, other Metra lines

May 16, 2019 at 3:08 p.m.

As many as 22 trains on Metra's Union Pacific lines were short at least one car Monday, officials said, causing passengers to scramble for seats and space. The cars were...

Car shortages reported on UP, other Metra lines

December 23, 2018 at 3:14 p.m.

As many as 22 trains on Metra's Union Pacific lines were short at least one car Monday, officials said, causing passengers to scramble for seats and space. The cars were...

U.S. seeks camera eye on Metra engineers

December 23, 2018 at 3:13 p.m.

The federal government said Monday that it will take action this year that could eventually require Metra and other railroads to install inward-facing video cameras in locomotives. The cameras would...

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