Fares are increasing anyway on July 1 by 3% which is the annual fare increase policy passed last year, when fares increased 15%. A fare increase beyond that hike could be triggered if a contract was ...

NJ Transit has failed to reach a contract agreement with locomotive engineers, resulting in the first major transit strike to hit New Jersey since 1983. The rail system had been warning commuters ...

: NJ Transit, union reach deal to end historic strike. Full service resumes Tuesday NJ Transit engineers said their strike is about a fair wage for their work and recognition of the difficult training ...

After three days on strike, NJ Transit engineers and Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration reached a contract deal, meaning rail ...

NJ Transit engineers are set to go on strike as of 12:01 a.m. Friday, the union says, bringing train service to a screeching halt. NJ Transit rail service will be fully shutdown, along with ...

NJ Transit trains are back on track after striking engineers reached a new wage agreement, ensuring no fare hikes for riders, ...

The agency also will contract with private carriers to operate ... better-paying jobs at other railroads. The number of NJ Transit engineers has shrunk from 500 several months ago to about 450 ...

Put simply, the Garden State’s publicly-run train lines must be a national standard for service. New Jersey commuters demand ...

Federal law prescribes strict processes for rail worker strikes, and Congress and President Donald Trump could still move to avert a strike by passing and signing legislation to impose a contract on ...

Without an agreement, the engineers — who have been in this contract dispute with NJ Transit since 2020 — can strike as soon as May 16. An earlier tentative agreement was rejected by 87% of ...

NEW JERSEY (WPVI) -- NJ Transit and its largest union reached a tentative contract agreement, but the mass transit agency is still negotiating with the engineers' union to try to avert a walkout ...