NJ Transit Strike Set to Begin at Midnight
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Thousands of Shakira fans will descend on MetLife Stadium Thursday and Friday night but they won’t have mass transit to get there — even if NJ Transit doesn’t go on strike at midnight as planned. NJ Transit said on Monday that its rail and bus lines to MetLife Stadium will not be running during the two-day period.
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.
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Shakira's Metlife Stadium concerts will be tougher for fans to get to now that NJ Transit has canceled its trains and bus services.
NJ Transit trains could stop running at 12:01 a.m. Friday if locomotive engineers go on strike over the salary increase they want.
With less than an hour before a potential a rail strike by train engineers, the CEO of New Jersey Transit said no deal had been reached and they were no longer at the table actively negotiating
A possible NJ Transit rail strike doesn’t lie! NJ Transit announced it’s canceling train and bus service to MetLife Stadium for the Shakira concerts on Thursday and Friday due to the possibility of NJ Transit engineers calling a strike by the end of the week.
Get ready to move those hips May 15 and 16 as Shakira is coming to New Jersey for her “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour" at MetLife Stadium.
Fans can also get to the concerts by taking taxis or ride share services like Uber and Lyft. NJ Transit is warning concertgoers of expected surge pricing on ride share apps and anticipating delays of up to two hours for rides requested after the concert.
Thousands of Shakira fans now have to find a new way to get to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for her concerts, after NJ Transit announced it’s canceling train and bus service to the events on Thursday and Friday.
Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” tour gallops into MetLife Stadium from May 22 through 29, but thanks to a looming NJ Transit strike, getting there might feel less like a victory lap and more like an Oregon Trail-level survival challenge.