As a strike deadline approaches for NJ Transit engineers, Metro-North Railroad is beefing up service on the east aspect of the Hudson River to provide passengers extra journey choices.
Metro-North’s two West-of-Hudson strains — the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley routes — are operated by NJ Transit crews in NJ Transit trains.
As beforehand reported, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the union that represents NJ Transit engineers — the operators who drive the trains — overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract earlier this month, setting a Could 16 strike deadline.
Ought to NJ Transit engineers stroll off the job, service on Metro-North’s two western strains will halt.
“This means potential severe impacts for our customers on the Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines,” Metro-North President Justin Vonashek mentioned Wednesday.
In anticipation of the potential labor motion, Vonashek mentioned the Metropolitan Transportation Authority-operated trains on the jap Hudson line will run with extra automobiles. All Port Jervis and Pascack Valley line tickets will likely be cross-honored on the Hudson and Harlem strains, as will any West-of-Hudson parking passes on the Cortland, Beacon, New Hamburg, Poughkeepsie and North White Plains stations.
West-of-Hudson ticket holders can even be eligible without cost bus and ferry connections throughout the Hudson River.
NJ Transit’s unionized engineers say they’ve been with no increase since 2019, and earn lower than their friends — together with these MTA engineers on the east aspect of the Hudson.
At a Wednesday press convention, NJ Transit President Kris Kolluri mentioned he wasn’t searching for a strike, however didn’t appear assured one may very well be averted.
“None of the positions I’ve heard thus far from the unions are neither reasoned nor fair,” Kolluri mentioned.
Initially Printed: April 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM EDT
