Amtrak’s new passenger train, which will add more service from Chicago to Milwaukee to the Twin Cities, is underway. Part of the talk on the first day of the Borealis train was how that train might ...

An inaugural ride for Engine No. 2025 is open to the public on Saturday, Sept. 13. The long-running steam locomotives, a visitor favorite, took their final lap last year. MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee ...

Amtrak's new, five-month-old Borealis line connecting Milwaukee to the Twin Cities and Chicago hit a major milestone this week. The route, which debuted May 21, has had over 100,000 passengers as it ...

NORTHBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- A Metra train hit a 23-year-old woman running across the tracks near the Northbrook train station Monday night, police and a Metra spokeswoman said. The woman was in the ...

An anonymous listener recently slipped a note through the Bubbler Talk ticket window, asking if it’s true that Amtrak will finally offer a second daily roundtrip passenger train between Milwaukee and ...

RIDERS. AS TRAVEL HOURS TAKE TO THE TRACKS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON ON THANKSGIVING TO YOU, TOO. AMTRAK AND THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE EXPANDING THEIR OPTIONS. I’D TAKE THE TRAIN IF I ...

Bring back the Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha interurban rail transit. It ran from 1897 to 1947. Interest is gaining traction for reconstruction. A new, high technology Milwaukee Area run with stops to ...

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Federal transportation officials visited Milwaukee on Thursday, Oct. 31, to celebrate a big investment in the city's railroad system. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Trains on Metra's Milwaukee District North Line were delayed Tuesday morning after an Amtrak train hit a pedestrian on the same tracks near north suburban Deerfield. Metra said ...

“We’re glad you’re here.” The sign that greets guests in the foyer of Lou Mitchell’s might as well be the Windy City’s official welcome mat. The Chicago diner, which celebrated its centennial last ...

The "Brewers Express" Amtrak train will depart from Milwaukee on Wednesday. Amtrak Hiawatha Train 332 has been decked out to support the Brew Crew. First pitch at Wrigley Field is scheduled for 4:08 p ...