Sunderland

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Sunderland

Station code: SUN National Rail
Where: North East England, England
Opened on the Monkwearmouth to Sunderland and Ryhope Grange Line (North Eastern Railway).




Chronology Dates

20/02/1852Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
Penshaw to Sunderland opened for freight.
08/02/1853Londonderry Railway
Start of work on line from Seaham [1st] to Hendon Dock, Sunderland. To be built as Seaham Harbour at capacity.
  /  /1855Durham and Sunderland Railway Hartlepool Dock and Railway
Following a North Eastern Railway study of Sunderland to Hartlepool services a connection at Haswell, alterations at Seaton and Murton and a new staton for Sunderland are recommended.
  /  /1879Durham and Sunderland Railway
Hendon station closed on opening of new Sunderland station.
  /  /1879Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
Sunderland Fawcett Street station closed on opening of new Sunderland station.
  /  /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).
05/01/1953Durham and Sunderland Railway
Sunderland to Pittington service withdrawn.
05/05/1964Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
Penshaw to Sunderland line closed to passengers.
31/03/2002Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway
Sunderland to South Hylton re-opened.

News items

13/06/2023Inside Sunderland's new £27million station entrance as work forges ahead [Sunderland Echo]
16/01/2023Back in service: How Network Rail completely rebuilt a power substation in Sunderland [Network Rail]
07/05/2022Pride at bringing Metro to Sunderland and memories of the Royal opening [Tyne and Wear Metro]
19/04/2022Bam Nuttall begins enabling works on £26M Sunderland station [New Civil Engineer]
31/03/2022The Sunderland Metro line celebrates its 20th anniversary [Tyne and Wear Metro]
17/02/2022Greenlight for plans to prepare Port of Sunderland site for new businesses [Sunderland Echo]
16/01/2022Where you want to see trains stop as part of Sunderland and South Tyneside Metro extension [Sunderland Echo]
14/12/2021Metro's iconic station cubes get a Xmas makeover [Tyne and Wear Metro]
08/07/2021Sunderland central station to be transformed [Tyne and Wear Metro]
08/07/2021Sunderland central station to be transformed - Stunning plans unveiled as city council leads central station upgrade [Network Rail]

Books


Line Diagrams of the North Eastern Railway. Stockton - Hartlepool - Sunderland - Newcastle

Railways of Sunderland

Sunderland's Railways

Tynemouth, Sunderland and NE Coalfield 1895: One Inch Sheet 15 and 21 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Inch to the Mile)