Train Reaches Boston Stadium in 75 Minutes as Drive Takes 90 for Iraq-Norway Match
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Updated · CBS New York · Jun 16
Train Reaches Boston Stadium in 75 Minutes as Drive Takes 90 for Iraq-Norway Match
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jun 16
Summary
WBZ-TV’s side-by-side trip found rail slightly faster for Tuesday’s Iraq-Norway World Cup match: about 75 minutes including a 30-minute boarding queue, versus roughly 90 minutes by car from South Station.
The train itself reached Foxboro in under 45 minutes after a 1:15 p.m. departure, while the drive slowed most on I-95 and then near Walpole and Route 1 as traffic backed up around stadium parking lanes.
MBTA had sold 11,000 tickets by midday, well below the more than 19,000 rail riders for Scotland-Haiti, with General Manager Phillip Eng saying Iraq’s late qualification made this one of the slower-selling matches.
Fans split on the transit value—some called the fare too expensive, while others, especially visitors from Norway, said about $80 was cheap by comparison—and several Iraq supporters said rail beat a tiring postgame drive.