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.
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.
Commuters board an NJ Transit train at Newark-Penn Station on May 20, 2025. REUTERS
Commuters exit Penn Station in NYC on May 20, 2025. Getty Images
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.
The engineers had been working without a contract since 2019.
An NJ Transit train arrives at Newark-Penn Station on May 20, 2025. REUTERS
A transit engineer is seen on the picket line outside NJ Transit offices near Newark Penn Station early Friday, May 16, 2025. Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York PostThe 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.
