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La Terminal Grand Central (GCT, a menudo llamada como Grand Central Station o simplemente como la Grand Central) es una estación terminal en la Calle 42 y la Avenida Park en Midtown Manhattan en la Ciudad de Nueva York. Construida y nombrada por el Ferrocarril Central de Nueva York en el apogeo de los trenes de larga distancia de Estados Unidos, y es la estación de trenes más grande en el mundo en número de andenes:3 44, con 67 vías a lo largo de la estación. Hay dos niveles, ambos subterráneos, con 41 vías en el nivel superior y 26 en el nivel inferior. Cuando la nueva estación del Ferrocarril de Long Island sea abierta bajo los niveles existentes (véase East Side Access), la estación Grand Central dispondrá de un total 75 vías y 48 andenes. Sirve a los pasajeros viajando en el Ferrocarril Metro-North hacia los condados de Westchester, Putnam y Dutchess en el estado de Nueva York, y de los condados de Fairfield y New Haven en Connecticut. Aunque desde 1913 ha sido llamada como la "Grand Central Terminal", muchas personas continúan llamándola como la "Grand Central Station". Técnicamente, ese es el nombre de la oficina postal que se encuentra cerca, al igual que la antigua estación que estaba en el sitio. Grand Central Terminal (GCT) is a commuter (and former intercity) railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.[N 1] Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it is the largest such facility in the world by number of platforms[5] with 44 serving 67 tracks along them. They are on two levels, both below ground, with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, though the total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100. The terminal covers an area of 48 acres (19 ha). The terminal serves commuters traveling on the Metro-North Railroad to Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York State, and Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. Until 1991 the terminal served Amtrak, which moved to nearby Pennsylvania Station upon completion of the Empire Connection. Although the terminal has been properly called “Grand Central Terminal” since 1913, it has "always been more colloquially and affectionately known as Grand Central Station", the name of the previous rail station on the same site, and of the U.S. Post Office station next door, which is not part of the terminal. It is also sometimes used to refer to the Grand Central – 42nd Street subway station, which serves the terminal. Featuring monumental spaces and meticulously crafted detail, Grand Central Terminal has been described as "the world's loveliest station". In 2011, travel magazine Travel + Leisure rated it the sixth-most-visited tourist attraction for its roughly 21.6 million annual visitors.