A man was fatally struck in Park Ridge by a train on the Pascack Valley Line on Monday morning, causing a four-hour delay of service on the line.

At 7:25 a.m., the train hit the unidentified man just west of the Park Ridge station, said Nathan Rudy, a spokesman for NJ Transit.

The Pascack Valley Line resumed at 11:30 a.m.

During the track closure, train tickets and passes were cross-honored by private and NJ Transit buses. No one aboard the train was injured.

Rudy said the train was headed toward Secaucus Junction and had left Spring Valley at 7:10 a.m.

NJ Transit buses came to take passengers into the city, but at least one person decided on a different option.

Marc Zoelle of Montvale said he was in the first car when the strike happened. He said it felt like they hit something.

After sitting on the train for over an hour, when he was let off, he called his wife to pick him up so he could work from home.

Saba Bokhari, also of Montvale, said she was headed into New York City for work when the strike happened and that she is a regular on the train. Stopping before the Park Ridge station was not out of the ordinary for the train, but Bokhari said this time riders could hear the emergency brakes and felt a bump.

Bokhari said the crew was shaken up by the strike and that the conductor's voice was emotional and broke when she announced what happened.

Staff Photographer Tariq Zehawi contributed to this article.

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