THIS is world’s largest railway station, spread across 48 acres, has 44 platforms, handles 660 trains daily, has ‘secret platform’ that is used…, located in…

Do you know which is the largest train station in the world? Holding the Guinness World record for having the most railway platforms in the world is New York’s iconic Grand Central Terminal.

This beautiful train station has a long history as it was built between 1903 and 1913 and is considered the golden age of American rail travel.

About Grand Central Terminal Train station

• Grand Central Terminal is located at Park Avenue and 42nd Street.
• The terminal has 44 platforms on two underground levels, with 41 rails on the upper level and 26 rails on the lower level.
• It covers a mass area of ​​48 acres (about 19 hectares).
• It accommodates 660 trains and serves approximately 125,000 passengers per day.

The beauty of the terminal

Grand Central station is absolutely beautiful, with its intricate architecture, majestic main concourse, and celestial ceilings depicting the constellation-filled night sky. This iconic station faced threats of demolition in the 1970s, but preservationists led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis fought to preserve this historic architecture. The court later ruled that this would set a national precedent for protecting landmarks across the United States.

secret platform

There are many stories connected to the Grand Central terminal. One of these is that ‘track 61’ is a secret platform located under the nearby Waldorf Astoria Hotel. According to the fascinating story, this secret platform was used by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt to enter and exit the city without being visible to the public.