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 Metro-North's west of Hudson service. The strike is expected to inconvenience more than 300,000 daily commuters.

NJ Transit workers are on strike, following a yearslong battle over wages.Mark Wallace, national president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, confirmed that the union and NJ Transit didn’t reach an agreement on a new labor contract Thursday night,

Maplewood, which ordinarily runs jitney buses to and from the township’s NJ Transit rail station, announced that in the event of a strike buses will be re-rerouted to the South Orange station, which is offering Manhattan express bus service.