“Constructing crossovers at Lake Forest will allow Metra to turn trains around at that location, creating an opportunity for better service in the morning and evening rush periods,” he said.

Lake Forest officials said they were thrilled to get news recently that Metra has said the proposed construction of a three-mile-long holding track into the city is not necessary at the moment.

Trains on Metra’s Milwaukee District North Line have been halted Friday afternoon near Lake Forest after a freight train ...

Metra board directors amicably and unanimously picked a new chairman from Lake County Friday but not without some behind-the-scenes differences of opinion. Director Norman Carlson, an accounting ...

Metra MD-N Train #2017 hit the pedestrian around 8:45 a.m. near the Lake Forest Station at 911 Telegraph Road, according to transit officials.

A Metra train struck an unoccupied SUV Friday afternoon at the crossing at Western Avenue and Ryan Place in Lake Forest. Lake Forest police and firefighters responded at 2:22 p.m.

Under the proposal, Metra would add a new outbound express departing Union Station at 5:35 a.m. and arriving in Lake Forest at 6:25 a.m., change the schedule of one inbound afternoon train to ...

LAKE FOREST (CBS)-- Metra Union Pacific/North Line trains were stopped near north suburban Lake Forest because of a suspicious package Friday morning. The suspicious package was discovered about 9 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Lake Forest Police are conducting a death investigation, after a Metra train crew spotted a man's body along the Union Pacific North Line tracks Wednesday morning.Metra UP-North ...

Trains on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line have been halted Friday afternoon near Lake Forest after a freight train struck a pedestrian, Metra said. Inbound and outbound trains are impacted ...