Grand Central Station

11 photos · 2005–2019

11 photographs tagged Grand Central Station, 2005–2019.

Empty subway platform at Grand Central–42nd Street Station in New York City with yellow safety lines and red overhead lighting. — Grand Central–42nd Street is one of the busiest stations in the New York City Subway system, serving the 4, 5, 6, and 7 trains along with the 42nd Street Shuttle to Times Square. The complex opened in stages beginning in 1904 as part of the original Interborough Rapid Transit Company line, the first subway built in New York City. It sits beneath Park Avenue and 42nd Street, adjacent to the Grand Central Terminal building operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The station's number 6 line platforms retain much of their early twentieth-century construction, including exposed steel columns and concrete platform edges dating to the original IRT build-out.

Metro-North Railroad platform at Grand Central Terminal in New York City with commuter trains at the station. — Grand Central Terminal opened in 1913 as the flagship station of the New York Central Railroad, replacing an earlier depot on the same site at 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Today the terminal serves as the southern terminus for the Metro-North Railroad, which operates commuter service on the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven lines into the northern suburbs and Connecticut. The station's lower level, built to separate suburban and long-distance traffic, houses additional platforms below the main concourse. Metro-North alone carries tens of millions of passengers a year through the terminal, making it one of the busiest rail hubs in the country.

Penn Station platform between Tracks 11 and 13 with TriNet advertisement screen above. — A stairway leads down to the train platforms for Tracks 11 and 13 at Penn Station in Manhattan.

Metro-North Railroad commuter train at Grand Central Terminal platform in Manhattan. — A Metro-North Railroad train sits at a platform inside Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The stainless-steel cars reflect the dim lighting of the underground station, where exposed pipes and graffiti-marked beams highlight the aging infrastructure of the busy commuter hub.

State of Connecticut seal displayed on the side of a red Metro-North Railroad commuter train car. — A Connecticut state seal is displayed on the side of a Metro-North Railroad train car, operated in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The red-and-silver exterior includes safety instructions and signage, highlighting the regional rail system that connects commuters between New York and Connecticut.

Metro-North Railroad commuter train with blue-and-white livery at a New York station platform. — A Metro-North Railroad train is seen at a station platform, its blue-and-white exterior bearing the MTA logo. The commuter rail line, operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, connects New York City with suburbs across New York State and Connecticut.

Metro-North Railroad train at platform inside Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. — A Metro-North Railroad train waits at a platform inside Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.

NYPD officer stands in the marble corridor leading to Track 30 at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. — The entrance to Track 30 inside Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan is seen at night. The marble hallways of the landmark station lead to the train platforms below, as a commuter and a security officer stand near the archways beneath illuminated signs.

Bronze eagle sculpture perched on a sphere outside Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. — An eagle statue perched on a globe stands outside Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The bronze sculpture, one of several around the historic landmark, looks out over Midtown with the glass facade of the MetLife Building rising in the background.

Wayfinding sign and clock above Grand Central Terminal's lower concourse with pedestrians below. — Grand Central Terminal opened in 1913 as the flagship station of the New York Central Railroad, designed by the firms Reed & Stem and Warren & Wetmore. The terminal spans 48 acres and includes 44 platforms serving 67 tracks on two levels, making it the largest train station in the world by platform count. Its lower level connects to the Dining Concourse, a food hall added during the 1990s restoration led by architect Beyer Blinder Belle. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority now owns and operates the building, which serves Metro-North Railroad commuters and hosts roughly 750,000 visitors daily. Grand Central was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976, a status secured after a 1978 Supreme Court ruling upheld its landmark protection against demolition plans.

Grand Central Terminal's façade wrapped in construction scaffolding on Vanderbilt Avenue, Manhattan. — Grand Central Terminal opened in 1913 on 42nd Street, designed by the firms Reed & Stem and Warren & Wetmore. The Beaux-Arts building serves Metro-North Railroad commuter lines and sits above 48 tracks on two underground levels. Vanderbilt Avenue runs along the terminal's western side, named for the family whose New York Central Railroad built the original depot on the site in 1871. The terminal underwent a major restoration in the 1990s, and its exterior has periodically required scaffolding for ongoing stone and facade maintenance. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 after a Supreme Court case preserved it from demolition.

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