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Also known as Grand Central Station, Grand Central, GCT

railway terminal in New York City

Key facts

Location
89 East 42nd Street , Manhattan , New York City, U.S.
Operated by
New York Central & Hudson River (1913 ‍ – ‍ 1914) New York Central (1914 ‍ – ‍ 1968) New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (1913 ‍ – ‍ 1968) Penn Central (1968 ‍ – ‍ 1976) Amtrak (1971 ‍ – ‍ 1991) Conrail (1976 ‍ – ‍ 1983) Metro-North Railroad (1983 ‍ – ‍ present)
Managed by
George Monasterio (director)
Line
Park Avenue main line
Platforms
44: 43 island platforms , 1 side platform , (6 tracks with Spanish solution )
Tracks
67: 56 passenger tracks (30 on upper level, 26 on lower level), 41 in use for passenger service (28 on the upper level, 13 on the lower level), 11 sidings
Connections
Long Island Rail Road , at Grand Central Madison , New York City Subway :, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ , at Grand Central–42nd Street NYCT Bus : M1 , M2 , M3 , M4 , M42 , M101 , M102 , M103 , MTA Bus : Q32 NYCT Bus, MTA Bus , Academy Bus : express services
Accessible
Accessible
Website
Official website
Construction
1903–1913, Opened February 2, 1913 ; 113 years ago ( February 2, 1913 )
Fy 2018
67 million annually, based on weekly estimate 0.6% (Metro-North)

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Instance of
union station
Located in
Manhattan
Image
NYC GC.jpg
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Commons category
Grand Central Terminal
date of official opening
1913-02-02
adjacent station
Yonkers station
number of platform tracks
67
inception
1913-00-00
station code
NYG
architectural style
Beaux-Arts
number of platform faces
44
transport network
Metro-North Railroad
topic's main category
Category:Grand Central Terminal
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40°45′10″N 73°58′38″W / 40.7528°N 73.9772°W / 40.7528; -73.9772 Site notes ArchitectReed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore Architectural style Beaux-Arts Visitors21.6 million (in 2018)

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