Are you a Giants or Jets fan sick of sitting in traffic to get to a game? How about taking the train? In the summer of 2009, New Haven Line riders on Metro-North could have a one-seat ride to about 10 Giants and Jets games, MTA CEO Lee Sander announced today.
The pilot service will provide a one-seat ride from the New Haven Line to Secaucus, where riders would pick up an easy transfer to special NJ Transit shuttle trains to and from the New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex. All Metro-North, LIRR and NYC Transit riders would be able to transfer to these and other football trains at Penn Station, using a single ticket for the entire journey. This is the first time that a single ticket would allow travel across MTA commuter rails, subways and buses, and NJ Transit trains.
Our hope is that this pilot will lead to projects that are induced by other kinds of travel patterns, such as new commuting to work patterns which we will see more of as the population grows, Sander said. The MTA, along with the LIRR and Metro-North, is working with Amtrak, NJ Transit and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to launch this service. Are you a Giants or Jets fan sick of sitting in traffic to get to a game?
How about taking the train?
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