NJ Transit train service isn't expected to resume until Tuesday.

If you need to get to New York City on May 19, NJ Transit has contingency plans.

Even though the NJ Transit strike has been tentatively settled, Gov. Phil Murphy asked commuters who can work from home May 19 to give the agency time to get the trains ready to roll May 20.

"To offer the understatement of the year, this is a very good outcome," said Gov. Phil Murphy said at a May 18 press briefing in Newark. "The sound you probably hear is the collective sigh of our commuters."

Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen who service NJ Transit trains had gone on strike May 16 in a disagreement over wages, bringing the agency's rail service to a grinding halt.

NJ Transit is the third largest transit sys

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