A long-awaited train connecting Chicago with the Quad Cities is a big step closer to reality after a massive transit bill ...

1995: A bus loaded with high school students was hit by an express commuter train at a crossing in Fox River Grove, tearing ...

Chicago passenger rail line is now secured, marking a major milestone in bringing Amtrak service to the Quad Cities.

Illinois' General Assembly passed a bill that provides both governance reforms sought by lawmakers and funding to avert a ...

The Chicago Transit Authority says it will extend train service hours on one of its lines next year after the passage of the ...

A 29-year-old man was stabbed on a Blue Line CTA train on Thursday in the Irving Park neighborhood, according to police.

The proposed passenger rail from Moline to Chicago is closer to becoming a reality after legislation passed Friday. The Illinois General Assembly passed a package of bills early Friday morning that ...

Illinois Gov. William Stratton, center, walks through a barrier on the new Northwest Expressway (later renamed the Kennedy ...

MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) - Illinois lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion transit funding package Thursday night which includes ...

Illinois' $1.5 billion mass transit bill passed in the early hours Friday includes funding for downstate Illinois rail service, which could help bring passenger rail service ...

A crumbling rail overpass in Back of the Yards was the site of a violent riot that erupted during the Pullman strike of 1894, ...

The Hotel Florence was opulent and luxurious when the Pullman Palace Car Company controlled an area of Chicago's Far South ...