Inside Grand Central Terminal, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

On our way back to the hotel after a very full first day, we went had a look inside one of the most talked about places - Grand Central Terminal.

Grand Central Terminal is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States.

Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger trains, it is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms: 44, with 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) and 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.

Although the terminal has been properly called "Grand Central Terminal" since 1913, many people continue to refer to it as "Grand Central Station."

"Grand Central Station" is the name of the nearby post office, as well as the name of a previous rail station on the site, and it is also used to refer to a New York City subway station at the same location.

Besides platforms, Grand Central has restaurants (the most famous of which is the Oyster Bar) and fast food outlets (surrounding the Dining Concourse on the level below the Main Concourse), delis, bakeries, newsstands, a gourmet and fresh food market, an annex of the New York Transit Museum, and more than forty retail stores. Grand Central generally contains only private outlets and small franchises. There are no chain outlets in the complex, except for a Starbucks coffee shop and a Rite Aid pharmacy/convenience store.

0:03 - Clock in the centre of the Main Concourse, facing east.

0:20 - Overview of the Main Concourse. Including (0:32) the elaborately decorated astronomical ceiling (1:03) looking up at the ceiling facing west, (1:11) huge glass windows, (1:16) the "East Balcony", (1:30) the exit leading to Lexington Avenue Subway and 42nd Street.

1:41 - The departure boards displaying the departures on the New Haven Line on the north side of the concourse.

2:08 - The exit to the Subway Shuttle and 42nd Street underneath the "West Balcony".

2:24 - The way to the ticket machines, tracks 31 to 42 and the Waiting Room.

2:30 - The south side of the concourse.

2:36 - Escalators to The Metlife Building and 45th Street.

2:44 - Departure board on the south side of the concourse displaying the 9:10 off peak to Stamford from Track 24.

2:54 - Close-up of the elaborate chandelier.

Filmed using the Sony HDR-HC9 HDV1080i High Definition Handycam.

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