Is Grand Central the biggest station in the world?

GCT is the largest train station in the world in terms of area occupied and number of platforms. The terminal is spread over 49 acres and has 44 platforms.



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Grand Central Terminal is spread over 49 acres, has 44 platforms and 67 tracks on two levels. It is the world's largest train station by number of platforms and area occupied.

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PLATFORMS: Grand Central has 44 platforms, making it the largest train station in the world. Penn Station has 11.

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Grand Central Terminal, New York.

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Grand Central Terminal is globally recognized as a center of transportation, civic architecture, and commerce – all at once embodying the historic, economic, cultural, and optimistic spirit of New York City.

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The United States has the world's longest railway network, followed by China and India.

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Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, England, is the world's oldest station.

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The Gare du Nord in Paris is the busiest train station in Europe, and the world outside Japan. It is estimated that approximately 214.2 million passengers go through the station each year.

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Busiest outside London
  • Birmingham New Street.
  • Manchester Piccadilly.
  • Leeds.
  • Glasgow Central.
  • Edinburgh Waverley.
  • Brighton.
  • Liverpool Central.
  • Liverpool Lime Street.


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On average over 20 million journeys a month are being made on the Elizabeth line, making it the busiest railway in Great Britain according to the latest figures from the transport regulator, the Office of Rail and Road.

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VIPs who want to avoid the public gaze have used a top-secret track, known as Track 61, to get around. It connects to an elevator that goes directly into the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. One such VIP, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, is believed to have used it to hide his polio from the public.

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Travel writers Lise Funderburg, Allix Cott And Jessica Cherner considered King's Cross and St Pancras as the only London train stations worthy of making their list, published on the House and Garden website.

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The most spectacular railway stations in the UK
  • Corfe Castle Railway Station, Dorset. ...
  • Wemyss Bay Station, Inverclyde. ...
  • Berwyn Station, Denbighshire. ...
  • St Pancras International, London. ...
  • Bristol Temple Meads, Bristol. ...
  • Cromford Station, Derbyshire. ...
  • Dawlish Station, Devon. ...
  • Norwich Station, Norfolk.


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