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Airline stowaway suspect once arrested for not paying train fare

2011-06-30 16:34:57

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Corrected: Railroad deaths

2008-09-15 00:00:00

Number of reported fatalities from all causes (auto collisions, pedestrians hit, yard accidents, derailments, etc.) on major commuter rail systems from 1999 to Saturday. (Note: this chart is corrects a previously published version) Railroad, location...

Metrolink's grim national record

2008-09-15 00:00:00

Metrolink has amassed the most fatalities among commuter railroads of similar size in the United States over the last decade, a statistic boosted in part by three deadly train collisions in the past five years, according to federal reports. -------------...

Museums

2013-06-19 14:34:55

Adler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive; 312-922-7827, adlerplanetarium.org Ongoing: "One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure": Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, take visitors on a journey to learn about the Big Dipper, North...

Speaker Madigan not worried about Quinn on gun control measure

2013-06-18 20:12:00

SPRINGFIELD — House Speaker Michael Madigan today dismissed any concern that Gov. Pat Quinn may veto the delicately negotiated concealed weapons legislation passed last month, saying he expected that lawmakers would overwhelmingly reject an...

Construction project starting near downtown train station

2013-06-17 13:47:00

Work is getting underway on a water main project that will impact traffic near Naperville's downtown Metra station. Construction work including water main installation, pavement patching and curb and landscape restoration will take place on 5th Avenue...

Wilmette, Winnetka, Kenilworth police blotter: June 18

2013-06-18 13:08:00

The following items were taken from police reports. Wilmette On June 15 an Evanston resident reported that she left her wallet at Panera Bread, at 1199 Wilmette Avenue. When she returned it was gone. On June 15 a resident in the 500 block of...

Aurora's RiverEdge opens with Blues on the Fox

2013-06-16 05:25:00

The crimson streaks of the setting sun were reflected on the Fox River as Buddy Guy took the stage at RiverEdge Park Saturday night. Stirring and lovely, the scene captured the potential of RiverEdge, which marked its opening this weekend by hosting the...

New Jersey's Wi-Fi deal for rail commuters could offer role model for Metra

2013-06-16 00:00:00

Metra has failed to come up with a partner to provide wireless Internet service for Chicago's commuters, but one of the New York area's major commuter rail agencies has found a way. A private company, Cablevision Systems Corp., will install Wi-Fi on...

Metra: Freight derailment snarls SouthWest Line service

2013-06-13 18:13:00

Metra's SouthWest Line trains are on the move again through the Fuller Park neighborhood where a freight train derailed this morning, but delays of up to 90 minutes plagued the evening rush hour, according to Metra. “We want commuters to know...

Thousands still without power after storms hit Chicago region

2013-06-13 09:43:00

Maintenance crews restored power to tens of thousands of homes overnight after severe thunderstorms in the Chicago region brought powerful winds and reports of funnel clouds Wednesday evening. By 11:30 a.m., of the more than 78,000 customers affected by...

Midwest pelted with rain, wind, hail, tornadoes

2013-06-13 04:50:00

CHICAGO (AP) — A massive line of storms packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds rolled through the Midwest Wednesday evening driving people into basements for shelter, tearing down power lines and causing flooding in low-lying areas....

Just south of Lake St. and west of the Chicago River a Metra train heads into the Ogilvie Transportation Center as an outbound train sits still.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

More than 650 residents of the 45th Ward cast their ballots. For special projects, 269 residents voted to improve lighting on the Milwaukee Avenue viaduct north of the Jefferson Park Transit Center, which serves the Metra, CTA Blue Line and various buses.

2013-05-13 12:56:00

Wake Up! Waltz dancers including Roxanne McIntyre, 22, perform on a Uptown rooftop near the CTA Wilson Station. The performance is part of a month-long rooftop series in Uptown, Logan Square and South Shore in view of CTA and Metra commuters.

2013-05-13 00:00:00