An agreement was reached on Sunday to end New Jersey’s first statewide transit strike in more than 40 years just three days after it started, two people close to the negotiations said.
The terms of the deal with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, and the timing of when the work stoppage would end, were not immediately available. An announcement by Gov. Philip D. Murphy was expected Sunday night.
The engineers still must ratify the terms of the new contract, which they have failed to do once already.
The engineers walked out at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, bringing New Jersey’s network of commuter train lines to a halt and leaving thousands of commuters scrambling to find other ways of getting to work. NJ Transit, the nation’s third-largest commuter railroad, said it carried about 350,000 passengers a day, including about 70,000 who ride its trains into Manhattan on a typical weekday.
Patrick McGeehan is a Times reporter who covers the economy of New York City and its airports and other transportation hubs.
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