During the morning rush, the Hoboken train terminal, a hub for commuter trains from all over the state and New York City, was quiet. Picketers kept to an area south of the station, where buses enter.

Some riders who were unaware of the strike learned what had happened as they waited at transit stations early Friday for trains that would not be coming.

Day One of the NJ Transit strike has turned part of Penn Station into a near ghost town ... of transit headquarters in Newark and at the Hoboken Terminal, carrying signs that said "Locomotive ...

Groups of picketers gathered in front of transit headquarters in Newark and at the Hoboken Terminal ... The South Amboy train station, an express stop on the NJ Transit rail line, was vacant.

Train engineers in New Jersey’s huge commuter ... Groups of picketers gathered in front of transit headquarters in Newark and at the Hoboken Terminal, carrying signs that said “Locomotive ...