Train strike sparks travel mess in New York area

TDT | Manama

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New York, United States Train engineers seeking higher pay went on strike yesterday in New Jersey, triggering travel misery for New York-area commuters in America's biggest metropolitan corridor.

New Jersey's first statewide transit strike in decades began a minute after midnight when contract talks fell apart, so many people showed up at stations unaware that trains were not running.

Commuters scrambled to find alternative ways to get across the Hudson River into New York, looking at much higher fares to go by Uber or Amtrak, a national rail system. A ticket to Manhattan with the latter can cost $98.