Bus service to World Cup matches in Foxborough will cost $95

If a $80 roundtrip MBTA train tickets to Gillette Stadium this summer for the FIFA men’s World Cup matches sounded pricey, hopping on the bus will cost even more.

Bus tickets to Gillette — or "Boston Stadium" as it will be called during the tournament — will cost $95 roundtrip on match days, according to Boston 26, the local FIFA organizing committee. Buses will travel from more than 20 locations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the seven games slated to be played in Foxborough starting in June.

The match day service will be called the "Boston Stadium Express” for the 28-mile ride through sometimes brutal traffic to Gillette. New England-based motorcoach company Yankee Line will run the buses, as it does for the MBTA when shuttle service replaces shuttered train lines.

"This is about giving fans alternatives to driving and making it as easy as possible to get to and from the matches,” host committee president Mike Loynd said in a statement.

The service will include pick-up and drop-off locations at Logan Airport terminals and at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, according to Boston 26. Service from pickup locations is slated to begin three hours prior to kickoff, "with return service starting 30 minutes after the final whistle,” the organization said.

Boston 26 said the service will accommodate some 10,000 match goers on game days. Sales for the bus service launch Tuesday; information on how to purchase tickets is available on the organization’s website.

The organization encourages people to buy their tickets in advance. Only those with a match ticket will be able to board the bus, according to the announcement Tuesday.

Michael Costa of Yankee Line said the routes to the stadium were designed “by AI-powered demand forecasting of fan booking trends," to minimize roadway congestion. He said the company collaborated with the MBTA and the regional transit authorities.