Union members cited five years without wage increases and said the new contract aims to bring NJ Transit wages closer to regional norms, which average around $113,000 a year for NJ Transit engineers, with union demands aiming as high as $170,000 a year.

Negotiators for New Jersey Transit and the union representing 450 striking engineers have reached a tentative labor agreement that could bring an end to the strike that began Friday, according to TK

An agreement was reached on Sunday to end New Jersey’s first statewide transit strike in more than 40 years just three days after it started, two people close to the negotiations said.