NJ Transit on brink of strike
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Talks continue Thursday to avert a walkout by NJ Transit engineers Friday at 12:01 a.m., sending 350,000 to find alternate rides.
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ABC7 New York on MSNPotential NJ Transit strike: Commuter options to know as negotiations continueTravelers are urged to make use of bus lines serving Newark Liberty International Airport. Those include NJ TRANSIT buses GO 28 (Bloomfield-Newark), 37 (Maplewood-Irvington-Newark), 62 (Newark-Elizabeth), 67 (Ocean-Monmouth-Middlesex-Newark), and Coach USA express service to/from Manhattan.
NJ Transit’s bus routes, the agency’s predominate lines in the region, would not be impacted. But rail lines would.
Travelers should expect crowding on PATH trains and at Newark Airport in the event of a NJ Transit strike, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey warned. Amid failing
NJ Transit engineers are preparing to walk off the job on Friday, which could affect 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City.
Prepare for additional traffic if you have tickets to see Shakira perform at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Thursday and Friday. New Jersey Transit is suspending train and bus service to the stadium in anticipation of a locomotive engineer’s strike that may take effect at 12:01 a.