Chicago Transportation

The quiet allure of private rail

October 2, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Private rail cars traveled 429,000 miles on Amtrak in fiscal year 2025, according to the...

October 2, 2026 at 4:57 p.m.

Will County officials revived a potential new bridge over the Des Plaines River Valley, an...

October 2, 2026 at 7:09 a.m.

The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight...

October 1, 2026 at 7:51 a.m.

An Indian airline captain who was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight when his...

September 30, 2026 at 3:20 p.m.

The new bus lane, which officials hope will make bus travel faster, will span almost...

September 30, 2026 at 9:16 p.m.

A pilot stabbed another pilot and then apparently tried to crash to aircraft carrying dozens...

September 29, 2026 at 9:44 a.m.

The trainsets initially will be deployed on the Rock Island Line, where they’re expected to...

September 28, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

The viaduct that carries trains over Dixie Highway, a primary route in and out of...

September 28, 2026 at 12:23 p.m.

Bridges along the Chicago River will lift nearly a dozen times this fall to allow...

September 27, 2026 at 11:56 a.m.

The incident was not a derailment, and all train wheels remained on the tracks, according...