Metra's plan to rename its train lines has to be done right. The public has a chance to weigh in. We'd also like to know how ...

She rides Metra from Palatine two or three times a month for business meetings in Chicago. Angelette Smith, 46, said she once missed a UP-Northwest train because she misunderstood a Metra timetable.

Its two “Milwaukee” lines don’t go to the Wisconsin city — and are instead named after the Milwaukee Road the lines once used. The Metra Electric line is named after the type of locomotive pulling the ...