NJ, NY representatives join call for FIFA to subsidize World Cup transit

Sticker shock is still setting in over the sky-high ticket costs for trains and buses to this summer’s World Cup games in the Meadowlands.

NJ Transit is charging $150 for round-trip train tickets and $80 for shuttle bus service to MetLife Stadium for spectators. State leaders say the costly trips are needed to ensure tourists, not New Jersey taxpayers, are shouldering the $48 million they say it will cost to move people to and from the eight games in the Meadowlands.

Now a quartet of area Democratic congressmembers have joined growing calls for FIFA to help pick up the tab.

Rep. Nellie Pou and Rep. Rob Menendez of New Jersey joined Rep. Jerry Nadler and Rep. Dan Goldman of New York in writing a letter to FIFA President Gianni Infantino demanding the organization subsidize the transit costs in New Jersey.



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