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Metra will celebrate its 40 th birthday later this year, and the agency has announced a series of initiatives to mark the occasion, including a weekend of free rides on its trains in the Chicago area.

On a Wednesday morning in May, Metra staff and board members gathered at the LaSalle Street Station outside the Chicago Stock Exchange building. Ordinarily, they would have met at the commuter rail ...

CHICAGO — Metra announced that kids will be riding for free on ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’ on Thursday. Metra is celebrating by allowing people who are 18-year-old and younger ride the ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Children ages 11 and under will be able to ride the Metra for free with an adult beginning Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Metra says the initiative is part of its expanded ...

Metra’s Feb. 1 bike policy — allowed on all trains, all the time — may just exemplify “squeaky wheels getting the grease.” Among other factors, vocal input from cyclists, Chicago and suburban, led to ...