NJ Transit strike ends as engineers approve new deal

NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen reached a tentative deal Sunday that will end the strike.

• May 19, 2025

What NJ Transit riders need to know to get around during the strike

NJ Transit rail engineers went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday, bringing train service to a screeching halt.

• May 16, 2025

Murphy gives update on NJ Transit strike

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy spoke Friday morning hours after New Jersey Transit engineers went on strike for the first time in decades. "It did not have to come to this," Murphy said about the strike.

• May 16, 2025

First NJ Transit strike in decades

A pay dispute has led to a massive walkout affecting hundreds of thousands of East Coast commuters. Elijah Westbrook reports from Newark as travel disruptions ripple across the region.

• May 16, 2025

NJ Transit negotiations fail, strike begins at midnight

NJ Transit rail engineers will officially go on strike Friday​ after the union and the agency failed to reach an agreement.

• May 15, 2025

Bull captured after delaying NJ Transit service at Newark Penn Station

The agency posted a photo of the steer on social media, showing it on the tracks near Newark Penn Station.

• Dec 14, 2023

Homeless man reunites with family after 24 years

The officer who helped Jose Lopez even got him a shave and haircut before the long-awaited reunion

• Sep 4, 2019

Man mocked for shaving on train in viral video asks for understanding

A passenger posted a video of Anthony Torres online, prompting people to write he was a "slob"

• Sep 18, 2018

Stolen N.J. Transit police car crashes into train terminal

The suspect was arrested after the incident Monday morning

• Jan 8, 2018

NJ Transit train derails at New York's Penn Station

The NJ Transit derailment occurred during rush hour and at least five people were injured

• Apr 3, 2017

2 trains clip each other in busy New York City station

NJ Transit train damaged after Amtrak train goes off the rails at slow speed while departing New York

• Mar 24, 2017

Good Samaritans save elderly woman from oncoming train

Police chief says "angels" stepped into action to save 89-year-old woman crossing railroad tracks in N.J.

• Mar 9, 2017

Scores injured after deadly train crash in New Jersey

One person killed when commuter train barrels into N.J. rail station during morning rush hour

• Sep 29, 2016

N.J. officer saves man from tracks seconds before train arrives

Man appears to resist attempts to save him, but officer manages to pull him out of harm's way with barely a moment to spare

• Aug 28, 2016