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Grand Central Station, or simply Grand Central, is a New York City train station and the second busiest in the world, behind Manhattan’s Penn Station. The station took 10 years to construct leveraging 10,000 workers and opened in 1913. The Daily Dose provides microlearning history documentaries like this one delivered to your inbox daily: https://dailydosedocumentary.com We strive for accuracy and unbiased fairness, but if you spot something that doesn’t look right please submit a correction suggestion here: https://forms.gle/UtRUTvgMK3HZsyDJA Learn more: https://dailydosedocumentary.com/grand-central-station/ Subscribe for daily emails: https://subscribe.dailydosenow.com/ Become a Patron: https://patreon.com/dailydosenow Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyDose18 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailydosenow Click to subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyDoseDocumentary?sub_confirmation=1 #documentary #history #biography Today's Daily Dose short geography film covers New York's Grand Central Station, which is the largest rail station in the world. The filmmaker has included the original voice over script to further assist your understanding: Today on The Daily Dose, Grand Central Station. Grand Central Terminal, better known as Grand Central Station or simply Grand Central, comprises the second busiest train station in the world, drawing a close second fiddle only to Manhattan’s Penn Station. Located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown, Grand Central represents the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad’s Harlem, Hudson and New Haven lines, further connecting commuters to the New York City Subway at the Grand Central/42nd Street Station. Built atop the site of two previous rail stations, Grand Central was designed by two competing architectural firms—Reed and Stem for the overall interior design of the station, while Warren and Wetmore designed the station’s Beaux-Arts (Boe zar) exterior. Construction began on June 19th of 1903, in three sections or “bites,” designed to minimize interruptions to rail service during Grand Central’s construction. Over 10,000 workers were employed during the terminal’s ten-year build, at a total cost of $180 million, or $5.3 billion in today’s currency. Since its opening in 1913, Grand Central covers 48 acres, 44 platforms and 67 tracks, making Grand Central the largest railway station in the world. Eight new tracks and four more platforms are currently under construction, two levels beneath the original twin-level underground tracks, providing additional access to Manhattan’s affluent East Side. Now a registered National Historic Landmark, Grand Central Terminal is one of the top ten most visited tourist attractions in the world, drawing an estimated 22 million visitors a year, above and beyond the usual flow of regular train and subway passengers. A favorite location for feature films and television shows alike, Grand Central sports a wide variety of retail outlets, including upscale restaurants and bars, two food halls and a grocery store, making Grand Central Station, one of the busiest crossroads on earth. And there you have it, Grand Central Station, today on The Daily Dose.