The NY/NJ Host Committee and NJ Transit published the regional MetLife Stadium mobility plan between 17 and 20 April 2026 1. A round-trip rail ticket costs $150; a round-trip bus from Port Authority or a Midtown East shuttle costs $80. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 13 May. Forty thousand rail seats are available per match day, with none purchasable at the station on the day of travel.
The published plan also confirmed the Penn Station access restriction first reported on 9 April . For each of the eight MetLife matches, the New York Penn Station to Secaucus Junction service will be limited to World Cup ticket holders for four hours before kickoff. The Norway versus Senegal fixture on Monday 22 June falls directly on a weekday evening rush hour. Regular commuters will be diverted to PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson, the rapid transit system linking New Jersey to Manhattan) from 33rd Street at no extra fare, adding 15 to 20 minutes to a typical evening commute. The eight matches at MetLife include the final on Sunday 19 July.
For a US-based family attending one match, the transit cost layers on top of seat prices that have already moved sharply since the Front Category tiers appeared . A $150 round-trip per person plus a Front Category 1 final-match seat at $10,990 puts a single seat-plus-rail figure at $11,140 before food, accommodation, or any visa-bond requirement on a foreign visitor. The mobility plan is the cheapest line on the day-out budget for a final-match attendee, and it still costs more than a round-trip flight from London to New York.
