The Chicago Transit Authority, Pace and Metra will all offer free trips arriving at downtown stations on the evening of New Year's Eve, the agencies announced. From 10 p.m. Friday until 4 a.m ...

• Thursday: Metra will remember the 1980s with “Throwback Thursday” trivia on social media. • Friday: Riders can share their top travel destinations on social media. For a history of Metra ...

CHICAGO — Metra is extending its Family Fares to all travel and offering special holiday passes for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, it announced Tuesday. Metra’s Family Fares allow up to ...

Family fares are always available for weekend travel. Holiday special pass On Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, Metra will offer a special $7 pass that allows for unlimited rides throughout the day.

You usually need a ticket to ride the Metra (unless you reach your stop before the conductor reaches your car), but this weekend is an exception. For the first ...

Metra CEO Jim Derwinski, who took on the role in late 2017, came up with the free rides idea to counter an 8 percent drop in weekend ridership over the last year, spokeswoman Meg Reile said.

Both Chicago Transit Authority and Metra will offer passengers free rides on New Year's Eve. For "safe and reliable" travel, customers can board CTA busses and trains to make use of the deal from ...

CHICAGO — Metra is making it easier for kids to ride the rails this summer. Starting on Memorial Day, kids ages 11 and under will ride free on all Metra trains. They’ll have to be with … ...