New Jersey Transit, the state public transportation provider, has two 600-person boats on standby as part of a contingency plan should issues emerge in the rail system on World Cup matchdays.The contingency plan also has hundreds of buses on standby should infrastructure issues blight the NJ Transit rail service between New York Penn Station in Manhattan and Metlife Stadium in New Jersey.NJ Transit has set a price of $98 for the service, a huge markup on the usual $12.90 which is ordinarily charged for the service. The price was originally set at $150, until sponsors stepped in to help bring down the cost, but it remains over seven times higher than usual.New Jersey governor Mikie Sherrill directed NJ Transit not to offset any of the cost onto ordinary commuters or state taxpayers, instead transferring the cost to World Cup matchgoers. FIFA described the prices as “chilling”, while Gov. Sherrill publicly questioned why the organization, which stands to make $11 billion from this World Cup, would not help cities with public transportation costs.Sherill has questioned FIFA’s approach to transport costs at the World Cup (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images)There has been anxiety in the region over transportation to MetLife Stadium, with the scars over the mass public transit failures to take fans to and from the Super Bowl in 2014.The Athletic has been told by multiple sources familiar with the planning that for the match between Brazil and Morocco at MetLife Stadium on Saturday night, Gov. Sherrill intends to travel to the game by taking the train, with a state official confirming: “She wants to use the system that is the fastest and most efficient to get to the game.”