NJ Transit negotiations continue
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Bus service is being provided in both directions between Pearl River and Spring Valley, while the tragic incident is investigated.
NJ Transit said that 350,000 commuters would be affected by a strike. If the strike occurs, a contingency plan would move rail commuters to its buses. However, only about 20%, or 20,000, of its daily rail commuters could be accommodated by the plan, according to Kolluri.
Commuters in New Jersey are facing a triple threat this week: a looming NJ Transit strike, severe delays at Newark Airport, and road closures due to sinkholes on I-80. FOX 5’s Arthur Chi’en reports live from Secaucus Junction as riders brace for a potential walkout by locomotive engineers as early as Friday.
New Jersey Transit urged riders to reach their destinations before the end of the day Thursday or risk being stranded as talks continued in a bid to avert a rail strike by train engineers that would affect some 350,000 commuters who work in New Jersey and New York City.
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Daily Voice Sussex County, NJ on MSNFatal Crash Delays Pascack Valley Line In NY: ID Released Of Man Killed (Update)Authorities have confirmed the death of a 32-year-old Rockland County man who was fatally struck by a train near the Nanuet Metro-North station on Wednesday afternoon, May 14. Nicholas K. Colandrea, of South Harrison Avenue in
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Daily Voice on MSNPortal Bridge Signal Issue Causes Major NJ Transit DelaysA signal issue at the Amtrak-operated Portal Bridge caused major NJ Transit delays into and out of New York Penn Station during the Monday evening commute, the agency said. The issue was first reported around 5:30 p.
Beyonce fans might be better off riding a horse to next week’s “Cowboy Carter” concerts at MetLife Stadium if a strike shuts down NJ Transit rail service. NJ Transit’s train engineers could walk off the job as soon as Friday after Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members voted to reject a tentative agreement between the leaders of the agency and the union.