The Main/Bergen County Line No. 1101 train struck him at the city train station around 2:15 a.m., NJ Transit said.
There were no passengers and three crew members onboard.
It had left Hoboken at 1:32 a.m. and was to arrive in Suffern at 2:41 a.m.
Service was temporarily suspended as transit police investigated the circumstances.
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