Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal, often called Grand Central Station is a terminal station in the area of Midtown Manhattan,
New York City. It is the largest train station in the world by numbers of platforms: 48, with 75 tracks along them.
The terminal serves commuters traveling on the Metro-North Railroad to variousareas in New York Sate and in
Connecticut.

　
The entrance sign and a train information desk of Grand Central Terminal, New York.

Ticket sale counters and a slope pathway to the underground platforms of Grand Central Station

(L)Underground platforms of Grand Central Terminal. (R) Entrance sign boards for each platform ( Track 111, Track 110... )
　
Trains of Metro-North Railroad, Metro-North Commuter Railroad at platform of Grand Central Terminal.

(L)(M) Metro-North Railroad train: exterior and interior, photographed at Grand Central terminal.
(R) No smoking sign board at the entrance to Grand Central station.

Pennsylvania Station

Pennsylvania Station, commonly known as Penn Station, is the major intercity railway station and a major commuter
hub in New York City. The station is owned by National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak, serving 600,000
passengers a day, in comparison with 140,000 at Grand Central Terminal. It is the busiest passenger transportation
facility in United States.

Pennsylvania Station is at the center of the Northeast Corridor, electrified passenger rail line between Boston and
Washington,D.C.. A long-distance traindeparts for Montreal, Cincinnati, Chicago, Charlotte(NC), New Orleans, Niagara
Falls, Albany, Harrisburg (PA) Toronto, Pittsburgh and Miami. Penn. Station is also connected to six New York subway
lines.


Departure board of the Pennsylvania Station.

The entrance to the Pennsylvania Station and platform of the station.

Many trains are in ready to start at the underground Pennsylvania Station.

A ticket vending machine and a train destination board with a timetable at the Pennsylvania Station.


ボストン、ワシントンDC の都市間を結ぶ幹線鉄道、 Amtrak Express のニューヨーク鉄道ターミナルはダウンタウン
にある。 ボストン発の列車はイースト川 にかかる橋を渡った後、 イースト川下のトンネルをくぐり、また、
ワシントンDC発の列車はハドソン川 下のトンネルを通って地下のペンシルヴァニア駅に入る。Penn Station と
呼ばれているターミナルは、モントリオール、シンシナティ、シカゴ、ニューオーリンズ、ナイアガラフォールズ、
アルバニー、トロント、ピツツバーク、マイアミなど主要都市へ向けた遠距離列車が発着する。近郊都市とを結ぶ
路線も多く、地下鉄６路線と接続する。

ニューヨーク市、マンハッタンにある米国有数のターミナル駅である。駅ターミナルは１８６０年完成、
鉄道全盛期を髣髴とさせるマンハッタンにある古代古典風の歴史的建造物で、床は大理石、必見の価値の
ある鉄道駅である。老朽化が進んだため、１９９８年に総工費、４億２５００万ドルをかけて改修したと
いう。地下のホームからは、MTA Metro-north Railroad がコネチカット州各地に延びている他、多数の
通勤列車が発着する。

Travel by Train
All railway trains should be completely smoke -free.

　Italia Rail: Trenitalia
　Rail Travel Ireland
　Railways in Helsinki, Finland
　Train in Norway, Trondheim to Oslo

　Amtrak Acela Express: Boston-Newyork
　Washington DC Metro/Union Station
　Chicago CTA Rail
　Miami Metro Rail

　Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Express
　Stockholm County Railways
　X2000:Stockholm-Copenhagen Express
　Greater Copenhagen Railways
　Paris Rail Terminals
　Paris Metro-RER-Tram

　Korea Train Express, Airport Express and Metro
　Bangkok Mass Transit/Thai Railways
　Indian Railway
　Dehli Metro
　Airport Express and MTR, Hong Kong
　Taiwan High-Speed Rail
　China High-Speed Rail

　Portugal Metro, Railways
　Amsterdam Rail
　High-speed train in Spain 2010
　Barcelona Railways
　Railway Travel in France 2011
　Railway Travel in Germany 2011
　High-speed train in Germany, Austria and Switzerland 2013

　Vancouver Skytrain
　Edomonton Metro
　VIA train, Vancouver to Jasper
　Amtrak: Seattle to Glacier National Park
　San Francisco: cable-car, tram and Bart
　Alaskan Railroad

　Moscow Metro
　Saint Petersburg Metro
　Sapsan, high-speed train of Russia
　Allegro, high-speed train between Finland and Russia

　Railways connecting Canberra and Sydney, Australia
　Gold Coast Light-Rail
　NZ Rail: Tranz Alpine/Scenic
　Brief Journey by Australian Rail

　Narita Airport-City Rail Service
　Japanese high-speed train 'Hayabusa'
　Japanese high-speed train 'Super-Komachi'
Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world


USA and CANADA 2007
Arrival to Boston State of Maine to the Canadian Border Quebec City Autumn-tinted Quebec, Montreal Ottawa
Vermont and New Hampshire Boston　 Boston Railway Boston Subway　 Amtrak Acela Express　 Manhattan1
Manhattan2 New York Railway　 New York Subway and JFK Airport

USA and CANADA 2010
Washington, DC Ontario Michigan

Canada 2011
British Columbia Alberta　 Trip to Canada 2011 Vancouver North Vancouver Whistler
Skytrain　 VIA train Jasper Icefield and Bow Summit Emerald Lake Lake Louise Banff Calgary
Edmonton Hospitals in BC and Alberta Tobacco control in B.C. and Alberta 2011

　Photography: North-eastern USA 2007

ニューヨーク鉄道ターミナル
2007年11月執筆　2009年8月加筆　写真撮影 2007年10月　　医学博士　宮本順伯
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This information was provided by the Smokefree Hotel and Travel.
All photographs were taken in October 2007, unless otherwise described.
The article was written in October 2007, and revised in November 2009,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
Copyright (C) 2007 Junhaku Miyamoto, PhD. All right is reserved.