Grand Central (IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle)
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Grand Central Station · Opened 10/27/1904The Grand Central platform has recently
been renovated and has a nice steam locomotive mosaic in various
colors. Originally the passageway to the 4/5/6 was narrower and
multi-leveled but was simplified and concrete added to form the
current passageway, which is actually part of the original trackway
connecting to the east side IRT main line south of the existing main
line station. In fact, track 1 still connects to the main line behind
the wall on the south side of this passageway.
The Shuttle station in use now is the original Grand
Central station on the Day One IRT. However, when the shuttle
reconfiguration took place in 1918, a new Shuttle station was to be
built nearer to the new Lexington Avenue station's mezzanine. The two
north side tracks under 42nd Street would continue east to the new
station. Support columns were relocated at the curve just east of the
old Grand Central station and a new space was excavated extending to
the new Lexington Ave. station, and a center island platform between
two trackways was constructed. While the station was being built,
crowds using the shuttle at the old station proved to be greater than
anticipated, and it was realized that two tracks and one narrow
platform would never be enough. The new station idea was scrapped, and
the newly built trackways were boarded over. This area is still in use
as the passageway from Grand Central on the Lexington line to the Shuttle. The existing
concrete floor and walls date from 1964 after a fire burned the wooden flooring.
As you walk through this passageway, the planned platform edges can be seen in the concrete floor.
Some relative depths of stations in the Grand
Central complex are as follows, +/- 10 feet.
- Shuttle, 20 feet below street
- Lexington/East Side Subway Platforms, 50 feet
- Flushing/#7 Subway Platforms, 80 feet
- Metro North, Upper Level, 20 feet
- Metro North, Lower Level, 60 feet
Artwork: Fast Track & Speed Wheels, Dan Sinclair (1990) Artwork: Arches, Towers, Pyramids, Jackie Ferrara (1997)
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1933
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/9/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1933
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/9/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1935
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/9/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1936
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/9/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1937
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 10/9/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1929
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1940
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1941
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 7/22/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 7/16/2009
Notes: Shuttle ad wrap for tv show "Dark Blue".
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 4/17/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987)
Photo by: David Tropiansky
Date: 4/17/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1951
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 4/15/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1956
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 4/15/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1951
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 4/15/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1926
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 1/12/2009
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1953
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/12/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1926
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/12/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1946
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 11/12/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Route: S
Car: R62A (Bombardier, 1984-1987) 1951
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 11/5/2008
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Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IRT Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle
Location: Grand Central
Photo by: Robbie Rosenfeld
Date: 10/10/2008
Notes: They can put ads anywhere... turnstiles at Grand Central shuttle.
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