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Grand
Central
Terminal
(GCT;
also
referred
to
as
Grand
Central
Station[N
2]
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
New
York
City
Subway
at
Grand
Central–42nd
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]
with
21.6
million
visitors
in
2018,
excluding
train
and
subway
passengers.[3]
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,
two
food
halls,
and
a
grocery
marketplace.
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
dates
to
1871.
Grand
Central
Terminal
served
intercity
trains
until
1991,
when
Amtrak
began
routing
its
trains
through
nearby
Penn
Station.
The
East
Side
Access
project,
which
will
bring
Long
Island
Rail
Road
service
to
a
new
station
beneath
the
terminal,
is
expected
to
be
completed
in
late
2022.
Grand
Central
covers
48
acres
(19
ha)
and
has
44
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]
Another
eight
tracks
and
four
platforms
are
being
built
on
two
new
levels
deep
underneath
the
existing
station
as
part
of
East
Side
Access.Grand
Central
Terminal
was
named
by
and
for
the
New
York
Central
Railroad,
which
built
the
station
and
its
two
predecessors
on
the
site.
It
has
"always
been
more
colloquially
and
affectionately
known
as
Grand
Central
Station",
the
name
of
its
immediate
predecessor[5][6][N
2]
that
operated
from
1900
to
1910.[8][9]
The
name
"Grand
Central
Station"
is
also
shared
with
the
nearby
U.S.
Post
Office
station
at
450
Lexington
Avenue[10]
and,
colloquially,
with
the
Grand
Central–42nd
Street
subway
station
next
to
the
terminal.[
Grand
Central
Terminal
serves
some
67
million
passengers
a
year,
more
than
any
other
Metro-North
station.[2][12]
At
morning
rush
hour,
a
train
arrives
at
the
terminal
every
58
seconds.[13]
Three
of
Metro-North's
five
main
lines
terminate
at
Grand
Centra