Grand Central Madison

Grand Central Madison
Platform on opening day
General information
Coordinates	40°45′15″N 73°58′37″W / 40.7542°N 73.9770°W / 40.7542; -73.9770
Owned by	Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Operated by	Grand Central Madison Concourse Operating Company[1]
Line(s)	Grand Central Branch
Platforms	4 island platforms
Tracks	8
Connections	Metro-North Railroad: Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines at Grand Central Terminal New York City Subway: ​​​​​ at Grand Central–42nd Street NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M42, M101, M102, M103, Q32 MTA Bus, Academy Bus: express services
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	140 ft (43 m)
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Architect	AECOM (structural engineering and architecture design)[2][3]
Other information
Fare zone	Zone 1
History
Opened	January 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
Location

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.