NJ Transit strike deal reached but residents should still expect a messy Monday commute

New Jersey Transit has reached a 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, a union official told The Post.

The transit agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen hashed out the final details of an agreement after two days of negotiations, a spokesperson for the union said.The new contract comes after union members walked off the job Friday after midnight, leading to a stressful commute for tens of thousands of New Jersey residents.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 a union official told The Post trains won’t start running until 12:01 a.m.

on Tuesday.The terms of the deal were not immediately known, but New Jersey Gov.Phil Murphy was expected to provide more information Sunday night.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.This is a breaking story.

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