After prolonged wage negotiations, New Jersey Transit and train engineers reached an agreement on Sunday evening — but not before triggering a transit strike that paralyzed travel between New Jersey and New York City.

This is a very sensitive time. Nobody wants to upend a deal,” said Bill Dwyer, a professor in the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations.

NJ Transit rail engineers are set to strike if a deal cannot be reached by the midnight deadline, impacting hundreds of thousands of commuters.

New Jersey Transit officials and the union representing its rail engineers are set to meet again Sunday to resume contract negotiations, an effort to reach an agreement and end a strike that’s halted train service for three days.

Hotel bookings jumped 10%, highways became parking lots, and subway cars overflowed when New Jersey experienced its first statewide rail strike.

NJ Transit leadership and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen must resume contract negotiations as quickly as possible. NJ Transit's train lines cannot be halted by a strike and ...