Ryhope Grange Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Ryhope Grange JunctionStation code: National Rail
Opened on the Durham and Sunderland Railway.
Opened on the Monkwearmouth to Sunderland and Ryhope Grange Line (North Eastern Railway).
| Nearby stations Ryhope [1st] Ryhope [1st] Ryhope [2nd] Ryhope East Hendon Burn Hendon Hendon Sunderland Fawcett Street Park Lane Sunderland University (Sunderland) Sunderland Moor St Peters Millfield Monkwearmouth | Ryhope Colliery Seaham Junction Sunderland South Tunnel Hendon Dock Hendon Junction Bertram and Sons Ltd (Shipyard) Fawcett Street Junction Sunderland North Tunnel Sunderland Loco Shed S. P. Austin and Son (Shipyard) Sunderland South Dock Silksworth Colliery J. L. Thompson and Sons Ltd (Shipyard) J. Crown and Sons Ltd (Shipyard) Monkwearmouth Bridge |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1879 | Sunderland 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). |
