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.

New Jersey rail lines stood silent for a second day as union members and state officials agreed to keep hammering out a contract Sunday as the start of the work week loomed.

The striking engineers have complained that their counterparts at other railroads that serve New York City earn at least $10 more per hour.

A meeting to try to settle the NJ Transit strike is scheduled for Saturday, a day earlier than originally planned.

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Gov. Philip D. Murphy said the transit agency was eager to reach a deal with engineers whose walkout has caused disruptions for tens of thousands in the New York area. The union said NJ Transit walked away from talks.

New Jersey Transit and the union representing its train engineers reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, ending the state's first statewide rail strike in over 40 years. After three days of halted train service that disrupted the commutes of hundreds of thousands,