The NJ Transit strike is over after the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) approved a deal Sunday, but train service will not immediately resume.The engineers strike has halted trains across New Jersey for four days.

The union, known as BLET, was seeking pay comparable to the wages made by engineers at other nearby railroads, including Long Island Rail Road. NJ Transit, which has long had shaky finances, was trying to avoid blowing a hole in its own budget.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and NJ Transit came to a tentative deal on Sunday after three days of negotiations in New Jersey and with the National Mediation Board in Washington, D.C., NJ Transit, the governor’s office and union said Sunday evening.