Does anyone know how PATH handles the special event services for Red Bull Arena? Are they running extra trains or just re-routing existing service to deal with the crowds?
So far I am loving the new stadium and the great convenience the PATH offers me to get home. I used to have to take buses into and out of the Port Authority Bus Terminal to go to Giants Stadium from Jersey City, and it would take at least an hour, usually closer to two. Now I am home in 40 minutes.
I have not yet attended an event at the Prudential Center, but am curious if there are similar crowds on the PATH before and after games, and how PATH handles the service.
Going to the game last Saturday the train was completely packed, and since I was on the first car, I could see it took almost 5 minutes for them to clear the platform through that one staircase. I guess lack of money and a wait and see attitude kept them from upgrading the station at the same time the stadium was built.
The past few times I have taken PATH home from Harrison after a game at Red Bull Arena, they were running some WTC bound trains to JSQ and then taking them out of service. I have no problem with the idea of shuttle service to JSQ to help relieve over crowding at Harrison, but it seems really strange not to explain it as such.
I have read others comment on soccer websites that it took over an hour to get out of Harrison, but I have never had to wait more than 10 minutes. Maybe I was just lucky since I go right after the game ends.
So far I am loving the new stadium and the great convenience the PATH offers me to get home. I used to have to take buses into and out of the Port Authority Bus Terminal to go to Giants Stadium from Jersey City, and it would take at least an hour, usually closer to two. Now I am home in 40 minutes.
I have not yet attended an event at the Prudential Center, but am curious if there are similar crowds on the PATH before and after games, and how PATH handles the service.
Going to the game last Saturday the train was completely packed, and since I was on the first car, I could see it took almost 5 minutes for them to clear the platform through that one staircase. I guess lack of money and a wait and see attitude kept them from upgrading the station at the same time the stadium was built.
The past few times I have taken PATH home from Harrison after a game at Red Bull Arena, they were running some WTC bound trains to JSQ and then taking them out of service. I have no problem with the idea of shuttle service to JSQ to help relieve over crowding at Harrison, but it seems really strange not to explain it as such.
I have read others comment on soccer websites that it took over an hour to get out of Harrison, but I have never had to wait more than 10 minutes. Maybe I was just lucky since I go right after the game ends.