New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announces another NJ Transit World Cup ticket cut days after first reduction

Just days aft NJ Transit reduced 2026 FIFA World Cup train summons prices aft backlash, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced yet different cut. 

Last week, nan round-trip tickets from New York Penn Station to MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey were trim from nan first costs of $150 to $105. 

Now, Sherrill announced nan tickets person gone down to $98 round-trip up of them going connected waste Tuesday night.

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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., narrowly carried Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s battleground territory successful 2025. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

"Good news: Ahead of NJ TRANSIT World Cup train tickets going connected waste tonight, @NJTRANSIT is lowering summons prices to $98 without New Jersey payer money," Sherrill wrote connected X.

 "Thank you to our partners — DoorDash, Audible, FanDuel, DraftKings, PSE&G, South Jersey Industries, and American Water — for helping make this possible. 

"We’re excited to big a world-class arena this summertime and showcase New Jersey connected a world stage."

NJ TRANSIT REDUCES WORLD CUP TRAIN TICKET PRICES AFTER BACKLASH, CITING MORE MONETARY SUPPORT: REPORT

NJ Transit and nan FIFA New York New Jersey Host Committee caught flak aft nan primitively announced $150 value of nan round-trip tickets. Their statement was it would yet costs taxpayers if they didn’t person that abnormal value group for nan influx of those getting to MetLife Stadium from New York City.

Then, NJ Transit announced past week it received monetary support from "sponsors and different sources" successful capable to get prices lowered. Now we cognize those sponsors aft Sherrill’s connection connected societal media. 

Sherrill and FIFA sewage into a spat aft nan $150 value came retired arsenic well. The politician said FIFA should thief salary for train tickets, while nan governing assemblage criticized Sherrill’s "unprecedented" scheme and added that nan costly train tickets would person a "chilling effect" connected nan instrumentality experience. 

Transit officials are preparing for an unprecedented number of riders during World Cup matches this summer. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

"Governor Sherrill has been clear that FIFA should lend to carrier its fans to World Cup games. Since it hasn’t, she directed NJ Transit to activity backstage and non-taxpayer dollars to importantly trim nan fare," a spokesperson for Sherrill told The Athletic. "The Governor appreciates each nan companies that person already stepped up to little nan costs for summons holders.  She will proceed to guarantee nan World Cup is an acquisition that benefits fans and each New Jerseyans."

NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri defended nan original price, saying nan eventual costs to nan nationalist proscription institution shouldn’t load New Jersey commuters. 

"It is an breathtaking infinitesimal for New Jersey to showcase New Jersey's diverseness arsenic good arsenic its economical opinionated successful nan state and successful nan world. Equally important, (Sherrill) has said that New Jersey commuters cannot and will not subsidize nan activity of fans going to nan game, because that would not beryllium fair," Kolluri said, reiterating that nan tourney will costs NJ Transit $48 million.

"In bid to move 40,000 group and to salary for nan costs of $6 cardinal (per game), we person to complaint $150."

The regular train fare from New York Penn Station to MetLife Stadium round-trip is $12.90. 

Commuters move done nan NJ Transit conception of Penn Station successful New York City connected May 20, 2025, aft NJ Transit resumed operations pursuing a tentative woody to extremity a three-day onslaught by train engineers. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Meanwhile, parking has been prohibited astatine MetLife Stadium, and ride-sharing will beryllium limited, yet starring to a earthy summation successful NJ Transit commutes for World Cup matches.

The first crippled astatine MetLife Stadium is June 13 pinch a group shape lucifer betwixt Brazil and Morocco.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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