Why is Grand Central Station famous?

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.



Grand Central Terminal (often mistakenly called "Grand Central Station") is world-famous as a masterpiece of Beaux-Arts architecture and a symbol of New York City’s historic and economic spirit. Opened in 1913, it is celebrated for its breathtaking Main Concourse, which features a celestial ceiling mural painted with 2,500 stars and the iconic four-faced opal clock atop the Information Booth—valued at over $10 million. It is famous not just as a transit hub but as a "city within a city," housing over 60 shops and 35 restaurants, including the historic Oyster Bar. The terminal's survival is also a landmark moment in preservation history; in the 1970s, it was the subject of a Supreme Court case (led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) that established the right of cities to protect historic landmarks. Today, it remains one of the world's most-visited tourist attractions, drawing over 750,000 visitors daily who come to admire its "Whispering Gallery" and grand marble staircases.

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Not only is Grand Central Terminal one of the world's most beautiful train stations, it's also one of New York's most fascinating landmarks. Host to more than 750,000 people who pass through it daily, the station is a crossroads for locals, commuters, and tourists from all over the world.

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One of Grand Central's main attractions, the four-faced opal clock in the Main Concourse, is a meeting place for visitors and locals alike. You know you're a New Yorker when you've told a friend to “meet me at the clock”!

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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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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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The MTA's ownership of Grand Central Terminal will further give MTA Long Island Rail Road clear control of the East Side Access terminal being built beneath Grand Central Terminal.

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Answer: The Grand Central Station was growing like a tree pushing out the endless corridors, doorways and stairs like roots. It had intricate and tangled pathways. Network of passages was so complicated that instead of reaching his destination, one did tend to move up and down to look for entries and exits.

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Waterloo is Britain's largest and busiest station. Whether city commuters, holiday makers, Epsom race goers or armed forces, London Waterloo has always been a place for important arrivals and departures.

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While Waterloo may have been stripped of previous titles, it still holds a major accolade. With 24 platforms in use, it's the largest train station in the UK. The largest station outside of London is Edinburgh Waverley, with 20 operating platforms.

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Around 1998, the renovated hall was renamed in honor of the Vanderbilt family, which built and owned the station.

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The building's construction started in 1903 and it was opened on February 2, 1913. The terminal continued to grow until after World War II, when train traffic started to decline. In the 1950s and 1970s, there were two separate proposals to demolish Grand Central, though both were unsuccessful.

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Leadenhall Market in the City of London was used as Diagon Alley in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, whilst the entrance to wizard's pub, the Leaky Cauldron, is in real life an optician in Bull's Head Passage.

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Grand Central Station refers to the subway station inside GCT. The main subway lines that connect here are the 4, 5, and 6 trains (green line), the 7 train (purple line), and the S train (gray line shuttle).

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