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Location notes
Located on both the Tyne and Wear Metro, and the National rail Newcastle - Sunderland - Middlesbrough rail line. NR and Tyne and Wear trains share the same tracks. The station is right in Sunderland city centre.
Railway type and traffic
Tyne and Wear metro trains, which use the southern end of the platforms, and Northern rail 142 and 156 DMUs, which use the northern end of the platforms. Freight is very rare.
Environment
Sunderland Station is an underground station, with two entrances. The main entrance is at the southern end, with a second entrance at the northern end. The station has 24 hour CCTV coverage, and a British Transport Police office is located on the platform.
Best to avoid a Newcastle United jersey, or anything with Michael Owen on it!
Best to avoid a Newcastle United jersey, or anything with Michael Owen on it!
Road directions
Sunderland station is located on a pedestrianised street, with limited road access at the south end. If you choose to drive hear, follow signs for the bridges shopping centre, and park your car there.
As with all large cities it is best to park out of town, and get the metro or rail into here.
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Sunderland Station map co-ordinates
As with all large cities it is best to park out of town, and get the metro or rail into here.
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Sunderland Station map co-ordinates
Parking
Best to park your car outside the city, and use bus, metro, or rail to reach this location. Parking is available in the bridges shopping centre car park, but it is not free. Signs will guide you to this location. From the car parks, follow the bridges centre through, looking for signs to Sunderland station. The entrances are across the road.
Stadium of light metro station has a car park, but try and avoid it on Stadium of light match days!
Stadium of light metro station has a car park, but try and avoid it on Stadium of light match days!
Public transport
Sunderland is well served by Metro and Northern Rail trains.
Bus services are provided by Stagecoach Stagecoach and Go North East
IMPORTANT: Some bus services will call in at Park Lane bus station. If they do, ask for a metro transfare to Sunderland. Take the metro from Park Lane to Sunderland.
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Bus services are provided by Stagecoach Stagecoach and Go North East
IMPORTANT: Some bus services will call in at Park Lane bus station. If they do, ask for a metro transfare to Sunderland. Take the metro from Park Lane to Sunderland.
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Amenities
The station is located in Sunderland city centre, so all amenities are close at hand. However, there is a Burger King next to the station, which is open late.
Accommodation
Plenty of accommodation throughout Tyne and wear. Try Travel lodge for cheap accommodation.
Sun Compass
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Sunderland Station
Streetmap links
Sunderland Station general view map
Sunderland Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Sunderland Station
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Sunderland Station
Googly map
Sunderland Station general view map
Sunderland Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Sunderland Station
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Photographic notes
Sunderland station is an underground station, with stairs and lifts connecting the platforms below with the concourses above. Do not use flash photography. In addition, bear in mid that trains come through the station slowly, so, barring crowds, you can have plenty of time to get a good shot.
There is some daylight visible at the southern end of the station, but this is away from the platforms.
There is some daylight visible at the southern end of the station, but this is away from the platforms.
General views - All photographs © Robert Clarke unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
