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Grand Central – 42nd Street is a major station complex of the New York City Subway. Located in Midtown Manhattan at the intersection of Park Avenue and 42nd Street, with parts of the station extending east to Lexington Avenue, it is the second busiest station in the system, with 46,074,652 passengers in 2014; only the Times Square station complex has more riders.〔 It serves trains on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, the IRT Flushing Line and the 42nd Street Shuttle, making it an all-IRT transfer point. The stations of the complex lie next to and beneath Grand Central Terminal, which serves all Metro-North Railroad lines east of the Hudson River. The complex is served by the: * , , and trains at all times * and 42nd Street Shuttle (S) trains at all times except late nights * <6> trains during rush hours and middays in the peak direction * <7> trains during rush hours and early evenings in the peak direction == IRT 42nd Street Shuttle platforms == The Grand Central shuttle platforms date from the original IRT subway, opened in 1904. The station was an express stop with two island platforms between the local and express tracks. The present configuration of the shuttle has three tracks coming into the station; the old southbound express track was removed. There is no connection between the northbound local track (track 4) and the other two. Island platforms are located between both pairs of tracks; the southernmost platform is wide, covering the area where the southbound express track (track 2) had been located. The two platforms connect directly, as tracks 3 and 4 terminate at bumper blocks. The south track (track 1) merges with the southbound local track of the Lexington Avenue Line. This merge is used to supply rolling stock to tracks 1 & 3 of the shuttle train (via a manual switch just west of station to track 3), and occasionally during special railfan excursions. The other three original tracks followed similar paths until the Lexington Avenue Line was extended north, turning this part of the line into a shuttle. The Public Service Commission planned a new platform for the shuttle close to the Lexington Avenue Line station. The platform was constructed, but it was never used. The wall and roof of the old subway were removed at the curve just south of the old Grand Central station, and trackways were built continuing east under 42nd Street, to bring those two tracks into the new station, which was a narrow island platform between the two tracks. The unused trackways of the proposed shuttle platform were covered with wooden flooring, and the width of the station was finished up as a passageway between the Lexington Avenue Line and Shuttle stations.〔(''"We are in the northern trackway of the unused shuttle station, looking west toward the open shuttle station, which can be seen in the left background. In the left foreground is the last column in the row of heavy columns down the middle of the unfinished station. Beyond, the northern trackway would have run straight into the old uptown local track, which would be in view if we could remove the walled enclosure with the double doors. To the left of that, the space between the thinner rows of columns lines up with the old uptown station platform, and the other shuttle track would have run parallel to the left of that into the former uptown express track."'' )〕 The wooden flooring in the unused station platform was replaced by concrete in 1946. The space of the proposed platform is now used as a walkway that continues to the Lexington Avenue Line station.〔(YouTube ). YouTube. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.〕 The former downtown express track between this station and Times Square – 42nd Street was removed in 1975.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Abandoned Stations : proposed Grand Central shuttle platform )〕 The platforms are actually wheelchair accessible as the mezzanine elevators are on the same level, but due to the platforms at Times Square being inaccessible, this shuttle itself is not accessible. This section of the complex is frequently used for movie shooting when it is closed. Notable scenes include a famous scene in the 1971 film ''The French Connection'', an episode of ''Fringe'', an episode of ''Person of Interest'', and an episode of ''30 Rock'' (filling in for Rockefeller Center Station). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grand Central – 42nd Street (New York City Subway)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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