Grand Central | |||||||||||
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| FormerManhattan Railway elevated station | |||||||||||
 42nd St. elevated station (bottom right) | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | East 42nd Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue New York, New York Midtown Manhattan,Manhattan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′6.88″N73°58′37.89″W / 40.7519111°N 73.9771917°W /40.7519111; -73.9771917 | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | 42nd Street Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms 2island platforms Spanish solution | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 26, 1878; 146 years ago (August 26, 1878) | ||||||||||
| Closed | December 6, 1923; 101 years ago (December 6, 1923) | ||||||||||
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TheGrand Central station was the terminal for some trains of theIRT Third Avenue Line, also known as the Third Avenue El, inManhattan,New York City. This station originally had oneisland platform and twoside platforms, all connected at the west end (later converted to three tracks and two island platforms). The tracks ended just east of thePark Avenue Viaduct ramp overPershing Square.[1]
It opened August 26, 1878,[2] and served not onlyGrand Central Terminal but also its two predecessors,Grand Central Station (1899–1913) andGrand 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 the42nd Street station, at Third Avenue.
In 1904, theInterborough Rapid Transit Company opened theGrand Central station as part ofits first subway line.[3] Platforms for theIRT Flushing Line opened in 1915,[4] followed by those for theIRT Lexington Avenue Line in 1918;[5] after the Lexington Avenue Line platforms opened, the original platforms at the station were converted for use by the42nd Street Shuttle.[6] By this time, the El station had become obsolete and it was closed on December 6, 1923.[7]
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