Sunderland Station

Sunderland station is a National Rail and Tyne and Wear Metro station in the city centre of Sunderland, North East England. Both heavy rail and light rail services use the same platforms. Although the tracks are shared by light and heavy rail vehicles between Sunderland and Pelaw, Northern trains do not call at any of the intermediate stations. Earlier stationsThe first railway passenger services to Sunderland were provided by the Durham & Sunderland Railway Company in 1836, initially linking it to and. The line approached from the south along the coast and the terminus was near South Dock, which was known as Town Moor station. The Durham & Sunderland Railway slowly extended their line towards the intended terminus in Durham though the eventual terminus, which opened in 1839, was at just outside the city and it was not until the North Eastern Railway extended the line to that this line finally reached Durham. Undistinguished either in architecture, convenience or accommodation it was replaced 22 years later by Hendon station, half a mile to the south, at a point where the line had to be joined by the Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway Company's line to and (which had opened in 1853).

Sunderland station is a National Rail and Tyne and Wear Metro station in the city centre of Sunderland, North East England. Both heavy rail and light rail services use the same platforms. Although the tracks are shared by light and heavy rail vehicles between Sunderland and Pelaw, Northern trains do not call at any of the intermediate stations. Earlier stationsThe first railway passenger services to Sunderland were provided by the Durham & Sunderland Railway Company in 1836, initially linking it to and. The line approached from the south along the coast and the terminus was near South Dock, which was known as Town Moor station. The Durham & Sunderland Railway slowly extended their line towards the intended terminus in Durham though the eventual terminus, which opened in 1839, was at just outside the city and it was not until the North Eastern Railway extended the line to that this line finally reached Durham. Undistinguished either in architecture, convenience or accommodation it was replaced 22 years later by Hendon station, half a mile to the south, at a point where the line had to be joined by the Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway Company's line to and (which had opened in 1853).