NJ Transit held unsuccessful talks Wednesday with its unionized engineers, who are preparing to go on strike in the middle of May if they don't get a deal​.

More bus service will be provided in the event of a strike. The union representing train engineers rejected a tentative contract agreement last month.

NJ Transit announced a bus service contingency plan in case locomotive engineers strike May 16, as contract negotiations restart.

NJ Transit and an engineers’ union appear to be steaming ahead to the first major rail strike in decades starting early Friday, even as both sides convene in Washington, D.C., where they pledged to continue negotiations.