NJ Transit and an engineers’ union appear to be steaming ahead to the first major rail strike in decades starting early Friday, even as both sides convene in Washington, D.C., where they pledged to continue negotiations.

With a strike looming as soon as Friday, officials of NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers met with the National Mediation Board on Monday in Washington. No agreement was reached. NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri thanked the board for convening the meeting in a statement,

Travelers should expect crowding on PATH trains and at Newark Airport in the event of a NJ Transit strike, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey warned.  Amid failing

New Jersey Transit and its engineers are in Washington Monday to meet with the National Mediation Board​ as part of an effort to reach a contract deal ahead of Friday's potential strike​.

A NJ Transit employee is facing criminal charges for allegedly stealing hundreds of phones and reselling them, netting more than $700,000.

New Jersey Transit announced no bus or rail service would run to MetLife Stadium for the Shakira concert later this week. “Due to the potential rail service stoppage, NJ TRANSIT will not be operating train or bus service to MetLife Stadium for the Shakira concerts on May 15th and 16th,” the agency said in a social media post Monday.