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Grand
Central
Terminal (GCT;
also
referred
to
as Grand
Central
Station[N
2]Â or
simply
as Grand
Central)
is
a commuter
rail terminal located
at 42nd
Street and Park
Avenue in Midtown
Manhattan, New
York
City.
Grand
Central
is
the
southern
terminus
of
the Metro-North
Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New
Haven
Lines,
serving
the
northern
parts
of
the New
York
metropolitan
area.
It
also
contains
a
connection
to
the Long
Island
Rail
Road through
the Grand
Central
Madison station,
a
16-acre
(65,000Â m2)
rail
terminal
underneath
the
Metro-North
station,
built
from
2007
to
2023.
The
terminal
also
connects
to
the New
York
City
Subway at Grand
Centralâ42nd
Street
station.
The
terminal
is
the second-busiest
train
station
in
North
America,
after New
York
Penn
Station.
The
distinctive
architecture
and
interior
design
of
Grand
Central
Terminal's station
house have
earned
it
several
landmark
designations,
including
as
a National
Historic
Landmark.
Its Beaux-Arts design
incorporates
numerous works
of
art.
Grand
Central
Terminal
is
one
of
the
world's
ten
most-visited
tourist
attractions,[4]Â with
21.6
million
visitors
in
2018,
excluding
train
and
subway
passengers.[3]Â The
terminal's Main
Concourse is
often
used
as
a
meeting
place,
and
is
especially
featured
in
films
and
television.
Grand
Central
Terminal
contains
a
variety
of
stores
and
food
vendors,
including
upscale
restaurants
and
bars,
a
food
hall,
and
a
grocery
marketplace.
The
building
is
also
noted
for
its
libraries,
event
hall,
tennis
club,
control
center
and
offices
for
the
railroad,
and
sub-basement
power
station.
Grand
Central
Terminal
was
built
by
and
named
for
the New
York
Central
Railroad;
it
also
served
the New
York,
New
Haven
and
Hartford
Railroad and,
later,
successors
to
the
New
York
Central.
Opened
in
1913,
the
terminal
was
built
on
the
site
of
two
similarly-named
predecessor
stations,
the
first
of
which
dated
to
1871.
Grand
Central
Terminal
served intercity
trains until
1991,
when Amtrak began routing
its
trains
through
nearby
Penn
Station.
Grand
Central
covers
48
acres
(19Â ha)
and
has
44Â platforms,
more
than
any
other
railroad
station
in
the
world.
Its
platforms,
all
below
ground,
serve
30
tracks
on
the
upper
level
and
26
on
the
lower.
In
total,
there
are
67
tracks,
including
a rail
yard and sidings;
of
these,
43
tracks
are
in
use
for
passenger
service,
while
the
remaining
two
dozen
are
used
to
store
trains.[N
3]