New Jersey Transit urged riders to reach their destinations before the end of the day Thursday or risk being stranded as talks continued in a bid to avert a rail strike by train engineers that would affect some 350,

NJ Transit’s bus routes, the agency’s predominate lines in the region, would not be impacted. But rail lines would.

NJ Transit engineers will go on strike on Friday at midnight, halting much of the state’s rail service until a deal is reached. More than 150,000 people