It was a roller-coaster ride for transit riders glued to social media on Wednesday night wondering if a strike would be taking place.

Most seemed prepared to wake up to no transit service when talks broke down around dinnertime and the clock ticked closer to midnight, when the strike was to begin.

Ken Wilson, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 508, told Metro Halifax at 11 p.m. regarding the strike: “Done deal. We’re going on strike in less than an hour.”

But about 25 minutes later, Wilson got the call that negotiations were back on and said the set strike time was now “on hold.”

“I feel a little uneasy going to sleep knowing that there could be no #metrotransit tomorrow,” @sandricop tweeted just after midnight.

Added @GrantMacLaren: “pretty inconvenient that the strike is ‘on hold’. What about people who have an early morning? Either #doit or don’t.”

Twitter was buzzing with activity Wednesday night regarding the possibility of a transit strike. Hashtags such as #transit and #transitstrike were near the top among local Twitter users all evening.