Every single NJ Transit passenger had to go through a security check on the train as well as at the stadium. They had to check each passenger’s round trip train ticket and the superbowl ticket. The back up of people at the Secuaucus Train Station (a/k/a the Frank J. Lautenberg Station) must have been a nightmare.
“The back up of people at the Secuaucus Train Station (a/k/a the Frank J. Lautenberg Station) must have been a nightmare.”
The station itself was a disaster from the start; I’ve read articles where the vendors there expected a flood of business when it first opened years ago, and nobody showed up. They didn’t have ample parking; they thought they would simply force Jerseyans into a complete mass-transit commute, when they wanted a park & ride there instead. I believe they added parking to switch it to more of a park & ride; they thought people would come on one train or bus, and leave on another train or bus, and that just isn’t how people in NJ roll. If they wanted to do that, they wouldn;t have fled NYC over the years. Our HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lanes flopped for similar reasons; we love our cars, and won’t carpool.