Metra’s Michael Gillis explains a new pilot program testing ticket scanners on selected off-peak trains. The test aims to ...

The goal of the pilot is to test the speed, functionality and durability of new handheld devices to scan Ventra and paper ...

Metra will launch a pilot program at downtown stations in April that asks riders to show paper tickets or activate those on ...

Metra announced it will test new a ticket process with riders scanning tickets before boarding, starting April 6.

Metra is about to change how some downtown riders get on their trains, and it starts right at the door. Beginning Monday, ...

More than 1,400 riders had advice for the newly formed Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which will oversee the Chicago ...

Chicagoland’s Metra is kicking off a fare collection technology pilot. Also, Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) is ...

Metra is launching a pilot program for new fare collection technology at the beginning of April. The program starts April 6, ...

Metra officials have announced a pilot program that will explore a dramatic change to the way fares are collected on its ...

The Surface Transportation Board has turned down Metra’s request for the board to set conditions and compensation for Metra ...

BARTLETT, Ill. (WGN) — A public works employee has died after the snowplow he was driving was struck by a Metra train. The fatal incident involving a Metra District West train happened at the ...

Chicago and Metra police converged on a station downtown early Thursday after thieves targeted the ticket machines. The theft took place in the predawn hours at the Van Buren Street station, at 132 E.