Grand Central Terminal is a railroad station located in New York City, United States; it is one of the largest in the world and the most important station in the city.
This station was built on top of Grand Central Station, which had been in operation since 1871, and needed to be modified in order to move the old tracks underground, replace the steam trains with electric trains, and renovate the building.
The station has a an area of approximately 194,250 square meters with 44 platforms and 67 tracks, spread across two underground levels (41 on the upper level and 26 on the lower level). Grand Central Terminal is the the largest train station in terms of the number of platforms.
The station has a a vaulted ceiling about 46 meters high, approximately.
Grand Central Terminal, which took ten years to build, opened in February 1913, and the investment made to complete it was approximately 90 million dollars. The station was amended in 1998, with a a cost of $250 million.
About 750,000 people a day, although not all of them are passengers, since the station also has shops and restaurants.
In addition, the Grand Central Terminal building is one of the most important in New York City.
