The entire NJ Transit section at Manhattan's Penn Station was cordoned off Friday morning, with no trains moving in or out. Confused commuters across New Jersey funneled into alternate modes of mass transit, including coach buses, ferries and the PATH train.

New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home.

The striking engineers have complained that their counterparts at other railroads that serve New York City earn at least $10 more per hour.