Why is Grand Central Terminal so famous?

It's the largest train station in the world 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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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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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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Filming Location Matching Grand Central Station, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
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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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The station is busiest between the hours of 2 – 6 pm. The quietest entrance to the terminal is at Lexington and 43rd at all hours of the day. Between the hours of 11 am – 2 pm, an estimated 477,345 people enter the terminal at 5th and 46th street.

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Worldwide. The world's busiest passenger station, with a passenger throughput of 3.5 million passengers per day (1.27 billion per year), is Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.

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At the entrance to Grand Central Terminal on 42nd and Park Avenue, sitting atop Cornelius Vanderbilt's “temple to transportation,” a trio of statues represent Mercury, Hercules and Minerva — the Greek gods of speed, strength and intellect.

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Grand Central Terminal goes by many names, including Grand Central, the Terminal, and GCT. Just don't call us “Grand Central Station”—that refers to the US Post Office down the street or the subway station below.

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Follow the signs (or take an elevator) But what if you are arriving on a Metro-North train? It might come in on the upper concourse level (tracks 11-42) or lower level (101-117).

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