Everything to know in case NJ Transit goes on strike Fri.
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New Jersey Transit announced no bus or rail service would run to MetLife Stadium for the Shakira concert later this week. “Due to the potential rail service stoppage, NJ TRANSIT will not be operating train or bus service to MetLife Stadium for the Shakira concerts on May 15th and 16th,” the agency said in a social media post Monday.
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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.
Shakira's Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Tour is coming to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. Pitbull is the support act, and there may be more guests.
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.
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.
Prepare for additional traffic if you have tickets to see Shakira perform at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Thursday and Friday. New Jersey Transit is suspending train and bus service to the stadium in anticipation of a locomotive engineer’s strike that may take effect at 12:01 a.
Beyonce fans might be better off riding a horse to next week’s “Cowboy Carter” concerts at MetLife Stadium if a strike shuts down NJ Transit rail service. NJ Transit’s train engineers could walk off the job as soon as Friday after Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members voted to reject a tentative agreement between the leaders of the agency and the union.