Services on the San Francisco-area rail transit system are to resume after union leaders and managers reached a tentative deal to end a strike.
The four-day strike on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) system has affected several hundred thousand commuters.
Some services could restart from Tuesday morning while union members consider the deal, said Bart managers.
The strike over wages and workplace rules is the second this year on Bart.
Bart general manager Grace Crunican said in a statement: "This is a good package for our union members while still allowing the District to make the necessary investments in our infrastructure."
- Unions initially sought 23% pay rise over three years
- Bart offered annual 3% raise over four years, staff to pay 4% to pension, 9.5% to health benefits
- Unions say staff earn average salary of $64,000 (£40,000); Bart says it's $79,000 plus benefits
- Bart employees currently contribute $92 a month for healthcare and nothing to pensions
Neither side disclosed details of the proposed agreement ahead of the ballot.
The Bart system carries more than 400,000 people a day in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and outlying suburbs.
Since the strike took effect on Friday the Bay Area has bolstered bus and ferry services to meet the extra demand, while bridges and highways have been clogged.
Commuters have been forced to line up before dawn to catch charter buses into San Francisco, the city at the centre of the 4.3 million-population metropolitan area.
The two unions involved in the dispute represent nearly 2,400 train operators, station agents, maintenance workers and other staff.
It is the second Bart worker strike in four months, with pay, healthcare and pension issues among the key sticking points.
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