New Jersey Transit has reached a tentative deal with its striking union members on Sunday, but Jersey residents should still expect a messy Monday commute.

Trains won’t be up and running just yet — as the first NJ Transit strike in decades is set to end after midnight Tuesday, according to union and transit officials.

“I am delighted to report that NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have reached a tentative agreement and as a result, New Jersey’s first rail strike in decades has officially come to an end,” Gov. Phil Murphy said during a press conference Sunday night.

“Starting Tuesday, May 20, NJ Transit will once again provide rail service to the more than 100,000 riders who depend on it every single day.”

The transit agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen hashed out the final details of an agreement after two days of negotiations.

The new contract comes after 450 union members walked off the job Friday after midnight, leading to a stressful commute for tens of thousands of New Jersey residents.

“This is a very good day for New Jersey. The sound that you probably hear is the sound of our commuters breathing a collective sigh of relief,” Murphy said. 

But the real relief won’t come until Tuesday’s morning commute. 

BLET leadership initially claimed the commuting nightmare was over and its workers “will return to work and trains will begin running on their regular schedules Monday,” according to Politico, but NJ Transit, Murphy and a union rep later corrected the scheduling, saying trains won’t start running until 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.

NJ Transit said the trains can’t return until then because it takes about 24 hours for workers to “inspect and prepare tracks, rail cars, and other infrastructure” before the rail service is back up and running after the pause. 

The transit agency’s CEO Kris Kolluri once again urged Jersey commuters to work from home on Monday if they are able and said a surge of bus service would be in place to get essential workers to their jobs. 

The terms of the deal were not immediately known, as union members will get the first look at the terms before they are made public. The members still need to vote to ratify the contract. 

But both sides said the agreement included an increase in pay to employees without hitting riders’ wallets. 

Murphy called the tentative deal “both fair to NJ Transit’s employees while also being affordable for our state’s commuters and taxpayers.”

The two sides were attempting to hammer out an agreement that would bump pay for the train engineers while not causing financial ruin for the embattled transit agency.

BLET’s General Chairman at NJ Transit, Tom Haas, said the union was able to negotiate a boost to hourly pay after the engineers had not had a new raise in five years. 

“We also were able to show management ways to boost engineers’ wages that will help NJT with retention and recruitment, without causing any significant budget issue or requiring a fare increase,” Haas said in a statement. 

The striking train workers and the Garden State’s railroad company had “constructive” talks Saturday, but couldn’t come to an agreement before coming back to the table Sunday.