The Largest Train Station in The World

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New York Central Station is also called Grand Central Station of New York. New York Central Station is located in the center of Manhattan, New York, USA. For more than a century, there is no second railway station that can shake the position of New York Central Station in the world's largest railway station.

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It is said that New York Central Station is the largest railway station in the world. So, how big is it? New York's Central Station has 44 platforms. The two-story railway is underground, the 41 underground tracks are on the ground floor, and the 26 underground tracks are on the second floor. The total area is 190,000 square meters. Some people say that New York's Central Station has the largest public space in the world, even larger than the atrium of Notre Dame.

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New York's Central Station was built in 1903 and officially opened on February 2, 1913. New York's Central Railway Station was built by the Vanderbilt family of Kings of the American Railroad and is a famous landmark in New York. The vaulted dome inside the station is a splendid hall. Marble staircases, sky map murals, Roman stone pillars and classical statues have transformed the station into a palace of elegant art.

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The central hall is often the place where people meet, and the four-sided clock at the information desk is the most striking landmark in the station. The four sides of the clock are all made of opal stones and are worth between $10 million and $20 million. In the inquiry office, there is a secret passage to the ground. Outside grand central station, the main entrance facing 42nd street has the world's largest tiffany glass, which is flanked by statues of Greek gods such as menelva, hermes and mercury.

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Many people can be seen looking up in the lobby. This is the most attractive mural of the starry sky. French artist Paul César Helleu has drawn a map of the 12th zodiac based on medieval manuscripts. There are more than 2,500 stars. The sky painted on the star map is reversed. The descendants of the Vanderbilt family explained that it was overlooking the starry sky from the perspective of God, so contrary to the human perspective, the starry sky was viewed from a world other than the starry sky.