Grand Central Madison

Grand Central Madison
Platform on opening day
General information
Coordinates40°45′15″N 73°58′37″W / 40.7542°N 73.9770°W / 40.7542; -73.9770
Owned byMetropolitan Transportation Authority
Operated byMTA Grand Central Madison Concourse Operating Company[1]
Line(s)Grand Central Branch
Platforms4 island platforms
Tracks8
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth140 ft (43 m)
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
ArchitectAECOM (structural engineering and architecture design)[2][3]
Other information
Fare zoneZone 1
History
OpenedJanuary 25, 2023 (January 25, 2023)[4][5]
Passengers
17.1 million annually[6]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Terminus Port Washington Branch Woodside
toward Port Washington
Hempstead Branch Woodside
toward Hempstead
Port Jefferson Branch Woodside
toward Huntington
Ronkonkoma Branch Woodside
toward Ronkonkoma
Far Rockaway Branch Woodside
toward Far Rockaway
Babylon Branch Woodside
toward Babylon
West Hempstead Branch Woodside
toward West Hempstead
Long Beach Branch Woodside
toward Long Beach
Belmont Park Branch
special events
 Woodside
toward Belmont Park
Location
Map

Grand Central Madison is a commuter rail terminal for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Part of the East Side Access project, the new terminal started construction in 2008 and opened on January 25, 2023.[5] The station sits beneath Grand Central Terminal, which serves the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Metro-North Railroad.[7]

Grand Central Madison was built to reduce travel times to and from Manhattan's East Side and to ease congestion at Penn Station, the West Side station where all Manhattan-bound LIRR trains had terminated since 1910. The new terminal enables passengers to transfer to Metro-North's Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines, as well as the New York City Subway at Grand Central–42nd Street station.

  1. ^ "MTA Grand Central Madison Concourse Operating Company Rules and Regulations" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Miller, Linda G. (January 18, 2023). "Grand Central Madison to Set to Open". New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  3. ^ King, Darryn (January 25, 2023). "Grand Central Madison Opens Today, Featuring New Art From Yayoi Kusama And Kiki Smith". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 28, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "East Side Access". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Introducing special Grand Central Direct service". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Governor Hochul Celebrates Grand Central Madison's Inaugural Year". New York State. January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  7. ^ Rack, Yannic (November 5, 2015). "In "Caves" Below Grand Central, East Side Access Project on Track". The Villager. Archived from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.