Editing Grand Central Terminal (section)

== Services ==
=== Commuter rail ===
Grand Central Terminal serves some 67 million passengers a year, more than any other Metro-North station.<ref name="ridership" /><ref>{{cite web| title=State-of-Art Renewal Project Begins at White Plains Station| publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority| date=March 30, 2018| url=http://www.mta.info/news/2018/03/30/state-art-renewal-project-begins-white-plains-station| access-date=February 4, 2019| archive-date=February 1, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201164809/https://www.mta.info/news/2018/03/30/state-art-renewal-project-begins-white-plains-station| url-status=dead}}</ref> During morning [[rush hour]], a train arrives at the terminal every 58 seconds.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lunden|first=Jeff|title=Grand Central, A Cathedral For Commuters, Celebrates 100|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/02/01/170692025/grand-central-a-cathedral-for-commuters-celebrates-100|date=February 1, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2019|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228200939/https://www.npr.org/2013/02/01/170692025/grand-central-a-cathedral-for-commuters-celebrates-100|url-status=live}}</ref>

Three of Metro-North's five main lines terminate at Grand Central:<ref name="mnrmap" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Commuter rail services
|-
! width=10%| Line !! width=10%| Branch !!  width=30%| Destination !! width=50%| Notes
|-
|colspan=2| [[Harlem Line]] || [[Wassaic, New York]] ||
|-
|colspan=2| [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]] || [[Poughkeepsie, New York]] || Amtrak connection to [[Albany, New York|Albany]]
|-
| rowspan=4| [[New Haven Line]]  || Main Line || [[New Haven, Connecticut]] || Amtrak connection to [[Hartford]], [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], [[Boston]]; [[Shore Line East]] to [[New London, Connecticut|New London]]
|-
| [[New Canaan Branch]] || [[New Canaan, Connecticut]] ||
|-
| [[Danbury Branch]] || [[Danbury, Connecticut]] ||
|-
| [[Waterbury Branch]] || [[Waterbury, Connecticut]] ||
|}

Through these lines, the terminal serves Metro-North commuters traveling to and from [[the Bronx]] in New York City; [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]], [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]], and [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]] counties in [[New York (state)|New York]]; and [[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield]] and [[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven]] counties in [[Connecticut]].<ref name="mnrmap" />

=== Connecting services ===
==== Long Island Rail Road ====
The MTA's [[Long Island Rail Road]] operates commuter trains to the [[Grand Central Madison station]] beneath Grand Central, completed in 2023 in the [[East Side Access]] project.<ref>{{cite web | title=In "Caves" Below Grand Central, East Side Access Project on Track | website=The Villager | date=November 5, 2015 | url=https://www.thevillager.com/2015/11/caves-grand-central-east-side-access-project-track/ | access-date=January 25, 2019 | archive-date=January 25, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125073413/https://www.thevillager.com/2015/11/caves-grand-central-east-side-access-project-track/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The project connects the terminal to all of the railroad's branches via its [[Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/project/east-side-access|title=East Side Access|website=MTA.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|language=en|access-date=February 13, 2023|archive-date=January 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126201904/https://new.mta.info/project/east-side-access|url-status=live}}</ref> linking Grand Central Madison to almost every LIRR station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Long Island Rail Road|website=MTA.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url=https://new.mta.info/map/5361|access-date=February 13, 2023|archive-date=February 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214011611/https://new.mta.info/map/5361|url-status=live}}</ref> Partial service to [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]] began on January 25, 2023.<ref name=nyt-2023-01-25>{{Cite news |last=Ley |first=Ana |date=2023-01-25 |title=L.I.R.R. Service to Grand Central Begins Today at Long Last |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/nyregion/lirr-grand-central.html |access-date=2023-01-25  |archive-date=January 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126011811/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/nyregion/lirr-grand-central.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Local services====
The [[New York City Subway]]'s adjacent [[Grand Central–42nd Street station]] serves the following routes:<ref name="MTA-GCT" /><ref name="submap" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subway services
|-
! width=10% | Routes !! width=30% | Line !! width=60% | Location
|-
| {{NYCS trains|Lexington}} || [[IRT Lexington Avenue Line]] || Diagonally under the [[Pershing Square Building]], [[110 East 42nd Street]], [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]], and [[Grand Hyatt New York]]
|-
| {{NYCS trains|Flushing}} || [[IRT Flushing Line]] || Under 42nd Street between [[Park Avenue]] and west of [[Third Avenue]]
|-
| {{NYCS trains|42nd}} || [[42nd Street Shuttle]] || Under 42nd Street between [[Madison Avenue]] and [[Vanderbilt Avenue (Manhattan)|Vanderbilt Avenue]]
|}

These [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]] buses stop near Grand Central:<ref name="MTA-GCT" /><ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|M}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus map|B2}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus map|Bx2}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus map|Q2}}<br>{{Cite NYC bus map|S}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Bus services
|-
! width=10%| Operator !! width=40%| Routes !! width=10%| Type !! width=40%| Location
|-
| rowspan=8 | [[NYCT Bus]] || {{NYC bus link|M1|M2|M3|M4|Q32}} || Local || rowspan="2" | Madison Avenue (northbound)<br />[[Fifth Avenue]] (southbound)
|-
| [[List of express bus routes in New York City|SIM23 and SIM24]]|| rowspan="3" | Express
|-
| {{NYC bus link|X27|X28|X37|X38|SIM4C|SIM6|SIM8|SIM8X|SIM11|SIM22|SIM25|SIM26|SIM30|SIM31|SIM33C}} || Madison Avenue (northbound)
|-
| {{NYC bus link|X27|X28|X37|X38|SIM4C|SIM8|SIM8X|SIM25|SIM31|SIM33C}} || Fifth Avenue (southbound)
|-
| {{NYC bus link|M42}}|| rowspan="2" | Local || 42nd Street
|-
| {{NYC bus link|M101|M102|M103}} ||Third Avenue (northbound)<br />Lexington Avenue (southbound)
|-
| {{NYC bus link|X27|X28|X63|X64|X68}} || rowspan="5" | Express || Third Avenue (northbound)
|-
| {{NYC bus link|SIM6|SIM11|SIM22|SIM26}} || Lexington Avenue (southbound)
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[MTA Bus]] || {{NYC bus link|BxM3|BxM4|BxM6|BxM7|BxM8|BxM9|BxM10|BxM11|BxM18|BM1|BM2|BM3|BM4|BM5}} || Madison Avenue (northbound)<br />Fifth Avenue (southbound)
|-
| {{NYC bus link|BxM1}} || Lexington Avenue (southbound)
|-
| {{NYC bus link|BxM1|QM21|QM31|QM32|QM34|QM35|QM36|QM40|QM42|QM44}} || Third Avenue (northbound)
|}

=== Former services ===
{{see also|List of Amtrak routes#Empire Corridor|label1=Amtrak services to Grand Central Terminal}}
[[File:20th CL 50th anniversary at Grand Central Terminal.png|thumb|left|upright=0.9|alt=Passengers boarding the streamline ''20th Century'' train|The ''[[20th Century Limited]]'' at Grand Central Terminal, {{circa|1952}}]]
The terminal and its predecessors were designed for intercity service, which operated from the first station building's completion in 1871 until Amtrak ceased operations in the terminal in 1991. Through transfers, passengers could connect to all major lines in the United States, including the ''[[Canadian (train)|Canadian]]'', the ''[[Empire Builder]]'', the ''[[San Francisco Zephyr]]'', the ''[[Southwest Chief|Southwest Limited]]'', the ''[[Crescent (train)|Crescent]]'', and the ''[[Sunset Limited]]'' under Amtrak. Destinations included [[San Francisco]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Vancouver]], [[New Orleans]], [[Chicago]], and [[Montreal]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Albright|first=John Brannon|title=How to Go Coast to Coast By Train|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/27/travel/how-to-go-coast-to-coast-by-train.html|date=December 27, 1981|access-date=February 2, 2019|archive-date=February 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203085128/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/27/travel/how-to-go-coast-to-coast-by-train.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Another notable former train was New York Central's ''[[20th Century Limited]]'', a luxury service that operated to Chicago's [[LaSalle Street Station]] between 1902 and 1967 and was among the most famous trains of its time.<ref>{{cite news | last=Browne | first=Malcolm W. | title=The 20th Century Makes Final Run; Economics Force Central to End Luxury Service Curtain Is Stolen 'Everything Changes' Service Was Luxurious | website=The New York Times | issn=0362-4331 | date=December 3, 1967 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/03/archives/the-20th-century-makes-final-run-economics-force-central-to-end.html | access-date=February 3, 2019 | archive-date=February 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065717/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/03/archives/the-20th-century-makes-final-run-economics-force-central-to-end.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Cameron | first=Jim | title=Getting There: Historic 20th Century Limited train service remains unmatched | website=Connecticut Post | date=December 3, 2018 | url=https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Getting-There-Historic-20th-Century-Limited-13424954.php | access-date=February 3, 2019 | archive-date=February 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204014715/https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Getting-There-Historic-20th-Century-Limited-13424954.php | url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1971 to 1991, all Amtrak trains using the intrastate [[Empire Corridor]] to [[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]] terminated at Grand Central; interstate [[Northeast Corridor]] trains used Penn Station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/05/16-grand-central-amtrak|title=Amtrak may return to Grand Central temporarily this summer|work=Trains Magazine|date=May 16, 2017|access-date=June 12, 2019|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422213820/https://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/05/16-grand-central-amtrak|url-status=dead}}</ref> Notable Amtrak services at Grand Central included the ''[[Lake Shore Limited|Lake Shore]]'', ''[[Empire Service]]'', ''[[Adirondack (train)|Adirondack]]'', ''[[Niagara Rainbow]]'', ''[[Maple Leaf (train)|Maple Leaf]]'', and ''[[Empire State Express]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Amtrak-announces-summer-construction-plans-12821170.php|title=Repairs will shift Amtrak's Rensselaer trains to Grand Central Terminal|last1=Rulison|first1=Larry|last2=Anderson|first2=Eric|date=April 10, 2018|website=Times Union|access-date=June 12, 2019|archive-date=September 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907075037/https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Amtrak-announces-summer-construction-plans-12821170.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19711114&item=0061|title=Amtrak Timetable|website=timetables.org|publisher=The Museum of Railway Timetables|date=November 14, 1971|access-date=June 12, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025191338/http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19711114&item=0061|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19750515&item=0036|title=Amtrak Timetable|website=timetables.org|publisher=The Museum of Railway Timetables|year=1975|access-date=June 12, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025193528/http://www.timetables.org/full.php?group=19750515&item=0036|url-status=live}}</ref>