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The Grand Central–42nd Street station (also signed as 42nd Street–Grand Central) is a major station complex of the New York City Subway.Located in Midtown Manhattan at 42nd Street between Madison and Lexington Avenues, it serves trains on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, the IRT Flushing Line and the 42nd Street Shuttle.
The building is also noted for its library, event hall, tennis club, control center and offices for the railroad, and sub-basement power station. Grand Central Terminal was built by and named for the New York Central Railroad; it also served the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and, later, successors to the New York Central. Opened in ...
Grand Central*† [^ 27] A 42nd Street Shuttle S October 27, 1904 [3] Grand Central*‡ [^ 27] A Flushing Line 7 <7> June 22, 1915 [3] Grand Street‡ B Sixth Avenue Line B D November 26, 1967 [14] Harlem–148th Street† A Lenox Avenue Line 3 May 13, 1968 [3] Houston Street: A
Grand Central: South terminal for the 42nd Street Shuttle at all times except late nights [10] Inwood–207th Street: IND Eighth Avenue Line: North terminal for A trains at all times [11] Dyckman Street: Some northbound a.m. rush hour A trains terminate at this station Some southbound p.m. rush hour A trains begin at this station [11] 168th Street
It opened August 26, 1878, [2] and served not only Grand Central Terminal but also its two predecessors, Grand Central Station (1899–1913) and Grand Central Depot (1871–1899). When the El opened north of 42nd Street in September 1878, this segment was reduced to a shuttle, which connected to the mainline at the 42nd Street station, at Third ...
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The earliest transfer stations were between lines of the same system: either the IRT, BMT or IND. The earliest free connection between lines that remains in existence is at Grand Central–42nd Street between the IRT Flushing Line and the original IRT subway (now served by the IRT 42nd Street Shuttle), which opened on June 22, 1915. [2]
Pershing Square is a public plaza in Manhattan, New York City, located where Park Avenue and 42nd Street intersect in front of Grand Central Terminal. The main roadway of Park Avenue crosses over 42nd Street on the Park Avenue Viaduct, also known as the Pershing Square Viaduct.