With a potential strike or lockout now less than 24 hours away, NJ Transit is urging customers to reach travel destinations by midnight tonight in order to avoid being stranded at 12:01 a.m. on Friday,

The penthouse views mentioned by union members refers to NJ Transit’s new offices at Gateway Center in Newark, leased for 25 years at a cost of $500 million. It has been a rallying point for union criticism that the agency has money to move from a building they own, but not to provide a competitive wage for engineers.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Story continues below photo gallery. That agreement was rejected by 87% of the union’s voting members.

More bus service will be provided in the event of a strike. The union representing train engineers rejected a tentative contract agreement last month.

NJ Transit rail service could come to a halt just after midnight Friday as union negotiations remain unresolved, prompting warnings of

With a possible NJ Transit strike looming later this week​, engineers protested in front of the agency's headquarters on Wednesday in Newark.

Engineers at New Jersey Transit are poised to go on strike one minute after midnight Friday morning, a stoppage that would create huge problems for100,000 daily train commuters, businesses across the New York metropolitan area as well as fans of Shakira and Beyoncé,