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Rock Island Metra trains to Joliet closed due to track replacement 00:19 JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) -- A heads-up for Metra riders in Joliet The Rock Island District line will not run your way today.
Metra Rock Island District trains are running with delays Saturday morning after a person was fatally struck by a freight train in the southwest suburbs.
Testing results of the Rock Island District line, which leaves from the LaSalle Street Station, will take about a week to be analyzed and testing on all Metra lines should be done by mid-December ...
CHICAGO (CBS) --A 90-year-old man was struck by a Metra train Monday morning in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. The pedestrian was struck about 8:45 a.m. by Rock Island District ...
The proposed service schedule does not pertain to Metra’s Rock Island District, which also services Blue Island. But the Rock Island train does not stop in Hyde Park.
Holiday train trips will be offered on the Metra Electric, BNSF, Milwaukee District North, Rock Island, Union Pacific Northwest, and Union Pacific North lines. Families will enjoy making memories ...
Outbound Metra trains on the Rock Island District line were halted Friday evening due to a mechanical failure, according to Metra. Train #411 was stopped near Blue Island around 5 p.m.
A woman was hit and killed by a Metra Rock Island District train in south suburban Tinley Park Wednesday. Outbound Train 511, scheduled to arrive in Joliet at 12:55 p.m., hit the 25-year-old woman ...
Metra said it will add service at the Hyde Park and Pullman neighborhood stops along the Metra Electric District Line, which has seen an increase in ridership from that area over the last three years.
Metra service on the Rock Island District Line is back to normal Monday morning after a deadly accident.