NJ Transit and the engineers union reached a tentative deal Sunday to end the strike, but service won't resume until Tuesday.

A tentative agreement has been reached to end New Jersey's first statewide transit strike in more than 40 years.

The strike that idled NJ Transit trains is over after three days, just in time for the Monday commute. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen said Sunday night that after two days of post-strike negotiations they’d reached a deal and “will return to work and trains will begin running on their regular schedules Monday.