NJ Transit Deploys 1,600 Conductors for World Cup Opener as 12,000 Rail Seats Fill
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Updated · WABC-TV · Jun 10
NJ Transit Deploys 1,600 Conductors for World Cup Opener as 12,000 Rail Seats Fill
3 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · Jun 10
Summary
Saturday’s Brazil-Morocco opener at MetLife has prompted NJ Transit to activate expanded service, with 1,600 conductors, 400 engineers and hundreds of customer ambassadors working or on standby.
12,000 of 40,000 reserved rail seats are already accounted for—8,000 sold to fans and 4,000 set aside for workers—while officials expect a late surge before the 6 p.m. kickoff.
75% of rail tickets for the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife were bought the day before or day of the event, and FIFA’s release of 108,000 resale tickets could drive more last-minute trips.
520 buses will be on standby at New York Penn Station and Secaucus Junction if rail service is disrupted; 9,000 of 18,000 host-committee bus seats and 2,700 of 4,700 American Dream parking spaces are already reserved.
The June 13 match is one of the first major tests of the transportation plan for the wider World Cup schedule at MetLife Stadium this summer.