I'm familiar with "path". I live in Middletown, NJ. So it only takes me one train up the NJ coast to get to Secaucus. Im just confused because I went to NJ transit and it doesnt give me the option on "trip planner" to get to the meadowlands. Is it that new that it doesnt show up as a station or is it called something else?
Im also curious as to how far it drops you away from the stadium, the walk to the station after etc.
ah ok you live in Jersey... PATH would only help ya if you lived east.
ok, a run down for anyone looking to take the trains, as I took it to Giants Stadium sunday for the Jets/Pats game...
the Meadowlands line has 3 stations... Hoboken, Secaucus and Meadowlands.
Hoboken is empty, Secaucus is packed (people coming from Penn Station stop here)
if you live in NYC or LI, you have two options... a) take NJ Transit from Penn Station to Secaucus, transfer there, and it's about a 10-15 minute ride from Secaucus to the Meadowlands... or, b) take the PATH train (there's a station in Herald Square, a short walk from Penn Station) to Hoboken. Change at Hoboken for the Meadowlands train, about 20-25 minutes from Hoboken to the Meadowlands.
the train lets out right at the entrance for the new stadium, which is being built so close to Giants Stadium that they practicly touch. It's a 2 minute walk from the platform to Gate B of Giants Stadium.
after the show they have 3 trains waiting... once one is filled, it leaves, they start to fill one of the other trains, and a replacement train takes the place of the one that just left. rinse, repeat.
it's very easy... although the line for the train is a little cattle herd-ish, and may seem like it would take forever, especially for those used to the bus lines. but they fill each train to capacity, and that's a lotta people. they say they can move 10,000 people per hour via the train lines... so yea, there's that. as long as you're not behind 10,000 people in line, you're gonna get on a train fairly quickly. i think i waited for about 15 minutes after the Jets/Pats game before I was on a train, and once i was on the train it was out of the station within 5 minutes.
on sunday i would say 95% of the people got off the return train (which was filled) at Secaucus. i stayed on till Hoboken, got off in relative ease, casually walked to the PATH and was back in Manhattan within 15 minutes of arriving at Hoboken.
so if you're coming from Jersey... if you can get to Hoboken instead it'll probably be a smoother transition for you. if your train stops at Secaucus... honestly, just follow the crowds.
to check the schedule you have to click on the giant advertisements on NJTransit's front page, and then compare them to your own line's time table.