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Train engineers in New Jersey性视界传媒檚 huge commuter rail system are on strike, leaving its 350,000 daily riders either working from home or seeking other means to transit the state or cross the Hudson River into New York City. People who normally rely on New Jersey Transit took to buses, cars, taxis and boats for the morning rush hour on Friday after trains ground to a halt at a minute past midnight. Some left extra early to avoid problems. A few, unaware that the strike was underway, showed up and waited for trains that weren性视界传媒檛 going to arrive. Early indications were that the strike hadn性视界传媒檛 resulted in major traffic jams or epic lines to get on buses. Friday性视界传媒檚 rail commute is typically the lightest of the week.

New Jersey Transit train engineers have gone on strike in a dispute over wages, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home. The walkout effective Friday comes after the latest round of negotiations on Thursday didn性视界传媒檛 produce an agreement. It性视界传媒檚 the state性视界传媒檚 first transit strike in more than 40 years. It halts all NJ Transit commuter trains, which provide heavily used routes between New York City性视界传媒檚 Penn Station on one side of the Hudson River and communities in northern New Jersey on the other, as well as the Newark airport.

Some 350,000 commuters who work in New Jersey and New York City could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if New Jersey Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday. The nation性视界传媒檚 third largest transit system operates buses and rail in New Jersey, providing nearly 1 million weekday trips, including into New York City. If the walkout occurs, all NJ Transit commuter trains will stop running. Wages have been the main sticking point of the negotiations between the agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.