Monkwearmouth

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Monkwearmouth

Opened on the Monkwearmouth Branch (York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway).



Chronology Dates

  /  /1879Sunderland Station (North Eastern Railway)
New line from Ryhope Grange Junction to new Sunderland central station and from Fawcett Street opened. Hendon and Fawcett Street stations closed. Line extended north to cross the River Wear to connect at Monkwearmouth. The new station had two island platforms with arched overall roof (which was destroyed in World War II).