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Grand Central Terminal is a commuter and intercity railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. The terminal serves commuters travelling on the Metro-North Railroad to Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York, as well as to Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. The terminal also contains a connection to the New York City Subway at Grand Central"42nd Street.

Grand Central Terminal's distinctive architecture and interior design have earned it several landmark designations, including an US. National Historic Landmark. The terminal is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, with 21. 9 million visitors in 2013, excluding train and subway passengers.

The station was built by and named for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in the pinnacle of American long-distance passenger rail travel. Until 1991, the terminal also served Amtrak, which moved to nearby Pennsylvania Station upon completion of the Empire Connection. Amtrak briefly returned to the station in Summer 2017 to accommodate track work at Penn Station. The East Side Access project is underway to bring Long Island Rail Road service to the terminal.

Grand Central covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world. Its platforms, all below ground, serve 30 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, though only 43 tracks are currently in use for passenger service. The total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100 as most previous tracks that are not in regular use are used for the rail yard. Unlike other Metro-North stations, Grand Central Terminal is not owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, but by a private company known as Midtown TDR Ventures.

Kharagpur Junction containing longest railway platform in world is one of the major railway station in Howrah-Mumbai route.

Kanpur Central is the largest Railway Station of U. P.

Longest Station Name: Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu).

Longest Run for Daily Train: Kerala Express (3054 km in 42. 5 hrs).

The biggest railway junction in India is Mughalsarai in U. P. And the second biggest junction is Vizag in A. P.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is the busiest railway station in India and headquarters of Central Railway. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Howrah Railway Station is the oldest, second-busiest and the largest railway station in India and headquarters of South Eastern Railway.

In India:

The longest railway platforms are : Gorakhpur railway station.

Uttar Pradesh, India : 1,366.33 m(4,483 ft) Kollam Junction, Kerala, india : 1,180.5 m(3,873 ft) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India : 1,072.5 m(3,519 ft).

In world:

In terms of platform capacity, the world's largest station by platforms is Grand Central Terminal in New York City with 44 platforms and, as part of the East Side Access Project, the MTA will be adding 4 more platforms to accommodate future Long Island Rail Road trains.

It is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger trains, it is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms: 44, with 67 tracks along them. They are on two levels, both below ground, with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, though the total number of tracks along platforms and in rail yards exceeds 100.

In terms of platform capacity, the world's largest train station is Grand Central Terminal in New York City, USA.

The world's largest train station, in terms of floor area, is Nagoya Station in Nagoya, Japan. However, the Nagoya Station complex incorporates two office towers and an underground shopping concourse, so the railway terminal itself is not large in comparison to others. Shinjuku Station is the second largest.

Three previous buildings serving the same purpose have stood on this site since 1871.
The current Grand Central Station was built by the New York Central Railroad with the intention of drawing passengers away from its rival, Pennsylvania Railroad. Beginning in 1903, the remains of the previous structures were systematically demolished, to make room for the new station, which was completed in 1913.

The Grand Central Terminal Park Avenue Viaduct is a roadway that brings Park Avenue around Grand Central Terminal and the MetLife Building, the two buildings that interrupt Park Avenue's broad boulevard in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Longest by number of platforms i.e 44 platforms with 67 tracks along them, all underground.

The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 in(381 mm)gauge light railway in Kent, England. The 13 1/2-mile (21.7 km) line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness, close to Dungeness nuclear power station and Dungeness lighthouse.

Grand Central Terminal in New York City, USA. Grand Central Terminal is one of the most iconic and busiest railway stations in the world, serving over 750,000 passengers per day.

It is located in midtown Manhattan and has 44 platforms, making it one of the largest railway stations by platform count.

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India's station is the 4th longest station in the world i.e., kharagpur station which have long tracks. If anyone find this is wrong information then I request to give your answer.