Union Pacific has retained investment bank Morgan Stanley to explore a potential acquisition of a Class I railroad, according ...

BNSF Railway and Union Pacific came to an agreement on routing of intermodal trains ahead of a meeting with regulators.

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The Surface Transportation Board has denied Metra’s request for a temporary injunction or emergency service order protecting commuter operations on three Union Pacific lines in the Chicago area, ...

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Trains on Metra's Union Pacific-North line were running with delays Monday morning due to emergency track repairs in Evanston and a broken down inbound train near Fort Sheridan.

Metra Union Pacific North line train service has been temporarily suspended on Monday morning.

OMAHA — Union Pacific has urged Metra to accept its latest contract offer in the long-running dispute over the transfer of commuter operations on three UP lines, saying the freight railroad “cannot ...

Metra considers replacing rail line names with numbers, letters The rail system began a public outreach that could rename all lines by number or direction.

A change in the operation on three of Metra’s lines is giving the agency an opportunity to rename all 14 lines, and the public has a chance to weigh in.