NJ Transit touts bizarre ‘feel-good’ World Cup story after mom and son missed train to MetLife amid travel chaos
NJ Transit and the New Jersey state government has been under fire after announcing that round-trip tickets to the Meadowlands would cost $98 for the World Cup.
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Metro NJ Transit touts bizarre ‘feel-good’ World Cup story after mom and son missed train to MetLife amid travel chaos By Anthony Blair Published June 14, 2026, 12:57 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google NJ Transit is being mocked after touting a story of cops having to ferry FIFA World Cup visitors to MetLife due to travel chaos as a bizarre “feel-good” story. A mom and her son heading to the “New York New Jersey Stadium” in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to watch Brazil take on Morocco, missed their last train — and broke into tears. “Good news story: A woman and her son were running late at Penn Station New York and missed the last train to the stadium.
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