NJ Transit trains running at full service after strike halted nation’s third busiest commuter railroad,
By Patrick Reilly
New Jersey trains were back up and running at full service early Tuesday after the end of the engineer’s strike that thrust the nation’s third-busiest commuter railroad into chaos for four days.
Transit engineer Joe Varela, along with a handful of colleagues, is seen on the picket line outside NJ Transit offices near Newark Penn Station early Friday, May 16, 2025.
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A transit engineer is seen on the picket line outside NJ Transit offices near Newark Penn Station early Friday, May 16, 2025.
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The travel nightmare for tens of thousands of commuters on both sides of the Hudson finally ended with trains resuming their normal operations from around 4 a.m.
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The return of service came after the Garden State’s public transit provider reached a tentative deal with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on Sunday night, but one that left trains still halted throughout Monday.
The agreement between the state and the union was reached after days of tense negotiations last week that led to the union announcing members would walk off the job Friday.
Commuters walk at the World Trade Center PATH station, after it was announced that NJ transit locomotive engineers had reached a tentative contract agreement to end their strike on May 20
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Commuters walk at the World Trade Center PATH station, after it was announced that NJ Transit locomotive engineers had reached a tentative contract agreement to end their strike on May 20, 2025.
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Commuters board a NJ Transit bus bound for New York City at the Allwood Park and Ride stop in Clifton, N.J. on Monday, May 19, 2025.
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Commuters board a NJ Transit bus bound for New York City at the Allwood Park and Ride stop in Clifton, NJ on Monday, May 19, 2025.
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The engineers had been working without a contract since 2019.
The strike was the union’s first work stoppage in more than 40 years.
Supplemental bus services that had been operating from regional Park and Ride locations during the stoppage will no longer be available, NJ Transit said.
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