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== Name == Grand Central Terminal was named by and for the [[New York Central Railroad]], which built the station and its two predecessors on the site. It has "always been more colloquially and affectionately known as Grand Central Station", the name of its immediate predecessor<ref>{{cite book|title=Grand Central: The World's Greatest Railway Terminal|last=Middleton|first=William D.|author-link=William D. Middleton|date=1977|publisher=Golden West Books|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21353825|title=A Point of View: Grand Central, the world's loveliest station|last=Cannadine|first=David|date=February 8, 2013|publisher=BBC|access-date=May 8, 2014|archive-date=May 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220544/http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21353825|url-status=live}}</ref> that operated from 1900 to 1910.<ref name="nyt19001018" /><ref name="Schlichting pp. 106-107" /> The name "Grand Central Station" is also shared with the nearby [[U.S. Post Office]] station at [[450 Lexington Avenue]]<ref name="usps" /> and, colloquially, with the [[Grand Central–42nd Street]] subway station next to the terminal.<ref name="submap" /> The station has been named "Grand Central Terminal" since before its completion in 1913; the full title is inscribed on its 42nd Street facade.<ref>{{cite book|last=Holland|first=Kevin J.|title=Classic American Railroad Terminals|publisher=MBI Publishing|page=20|date=2001|isbn=9780760308325|access-date=June 18, 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WI2XXKt_zncC|archive-date=January 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124054731/https://books.google.com/books?id=WI2XXKt_zncC|url-status=live}}</ref> According to 21st-century sources, it is designated a "terminal" because trains originate and terminate there.<ref>{{cite web|title=Touring Grand Central Terminal: So Much More Than Trains|work=Forbes|date=January 6, 2023|access-date=June 17, 2023|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiegoldsmith/2023/01/06/touring-grand-central-terminal-so-much-more-than--trains/?sh=16f35e291dcc|archive-date=June 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617162058/https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiegoldsmith/2023/01/06/touring-grand-central-terminal-so-much-more-than--trains/?sh=16f35e291dcc|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Carlson 2015"/> The [[CSX Corporation]] Railroad Dictionary also considers "terminals" as facilities "for the breaking up, making up, forwarding, and servicing of trains" or "where one or more rail yards exist".<ref>{{cite web|title=Railroad Dictionary|work=CSX Corporation|access-date=June 17, 2023|url=https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/company-overview/railroad-dictionary/?i=T|archive-date=June 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617162100/https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/about-us/company-overview/railroad-dictionary/?i=T|url-status=live}}</ref>
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