Sunderland is a railway and metro station in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Newcastle, via Hartlepool. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Since 31 March 2002, the station has also been served by the Tyne and Wear Metro's Green Line.
Sunderland station
Sunderland station
The station, prior to reconstruction, seen in June 1953.
The southern entrance of the station, seen in October 1965.
The Durham Coast Line is an approximately 39.5-mile (63.6 km) railway line running between Newcastle and Middlesbrough in North East England. Heavy rail passenger services, predominantly operated Northern Trains, and some freight services operate over the whole length of the line; it provides an important diversionary route at times when the East Coast Main Line is closed. Light rail services of the Tyne and Wear Metro's Green Line also operate over the same tracks between a junction just south of Sunderland station and Pelaw Junction.
Looking south-east along the line towards Horden, as it leaves Seaham.
Londonderry, Seaham & Sunderland Railway No. 21, at the front of what is likely an LS&SR passenger train, during the final years of the line's independence in the 1890s.
The Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge (left) alongside the Wearmouth Road Bridge (right) in Sunderland, seen in 2006.
Horden Viaduct, which carries the line over Castle Eden Dene, in June 2011.
