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10/29/2025
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority yesterday announced the completion of a five-year improvement project at the Grand Central-42nd Street Station complex in New York City.
The project was designed to improve passenger flow and make the station more accessible for the 400,000 riders who pass through the station daily, MTA officials said in a press release.
The upgrades were completed on time and $46.5 million under the $700 million budget.
The Federal Transit Administration provided $94.1 million to replace eight escalators and $8.7 million to replace one hydraulic elevator. Accessibility improvements in the station complex include 14 new staircases, 24 widened existing staircases, 10 replaced escalators, an increase in floor space in the mezzanine, one new street-to-mezzanine elevator, one replaced street-to-mezzanine elevator and three replaced elevators between the mezzanine and platforms.
Crews also installed new fare control areas featuring 30 new turnstiles, completed state of good repair work, upgraded fire and security systems and installed new wayfinding signs and public address speakers, MTA officials said.
A new passageway from Grand Central Terminal to the 7 Line platform opened in February, at a cost of approximately $74.2 million, according to a press release from Skanska, a firm selected to build the tunnel and complete other upgrades.
"We took many different projects and put them together to a single, aggressively managed package," said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. "We are thrilled to celebrate that all this work was done on time and well ahead of budget."