The possibility of an NJ Transit strike looms as the transit agency continues negotiations with the union and if a deal isn’t reached by Friday, more than 350,000

After dueling press conferences filled with fiery rhetoric on Friday, NJ Transit and a locomotive engineers union met in Washington Monday for talks to avoid a rail strike.

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.

With a strike looming as soon as Friday, officials of NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers met with the National Mediation Board on Monday in Washington. No agreement was reached. NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri thanked the board for convening the meeting in a statement,

What happens if NJ Transit’s engineers go on strike next week? Some New Jersey towns aren’t willing to wait to find out. Metuchen is trying to gather enough support from commuters to launch a commuter bus route with charter bus company Boxcar.

Metro-North Railroad customers with NY tickets for the Pascack, Port Jervis lines can ride the Harlem, Hudson lines for free starting Monday, May 12.