{"id":72016,"date":"2026-04-17T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/new-jersey-transit-agency-confirms-controversial-150-train-80-bus-tickets-for-world-cup-matches\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:56:06","slug":"new-jersey-transit-agency-confirms-controversial-150-train-80-bus-tickets-for-world-cup-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/new-jersey-transit-agency-confirms-controversial-150-train-80-bus-tickets-for-world-cup-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey transit agency confirms controversial $150 train, $80 bus tickets for World Cup matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Price hikes for MetLife Stadium travel prompted outcry<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>NJ governor Sherrill sparred with Fifa over cost burden<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Jersey\u2019s transit agency has confirmed it will charge $150 for a return ticket to World Cup matches at MetLife Stadium this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The price for a round-trip ticket from New York\u2019s Penn Station to MetLife Stadium is typically $12.90. Reports this week of the elevenfold increase were met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/14\/nj-transit-train-tickets-prices-new-york-world-cup\">outcry from fans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/16\/mike-sherrill-train-tickets-new-jersey-world-cup\">sparked a back-and-forth<\/a> between New Jersey\u2019s governor, Mikie Sherrill, and Fifa over responsibility for price rises.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/17\/new-jersey-world-cup-matches-train-ticket-prices\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Price hikes for MetLife Stadium travel prompted outcry NJ governor Sherrill sparred with Fifa over cost burden New Jersey\u2019s transit agency has confirmed it will charge $150 for a return ticket to World Cup matches at MetLife Stadium this summer. The price for a round-trip ticket from New York\u2019s Penn Station to MetLife Stadium is &#8230; <a title=\"New Jersey transit agency confirms controversial $150 train, $80 bus tickets for World Cup matches\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/new-jersey-transit-agency-confirms-controversial-150-train-80-bus-tickets-for-world-cup-matches\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New Jersey transit agency confirms controversial $150 train, $80 bus tickets for World Cup matches\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}