Osklen
Winger
I don't really see why Sunderland Station needs long stay parking. Where are people exactly meant to be going? Commuting to Newcastle...? It's Durham that needs the parking not Sunderland. Any car park for Sunderland should be outside of Sunderland for people going into Sunderland imo.
Sunderland is a secondary feeder station*, it's lucky it's getting any money spent on it. It doesn't have any important services bar a 5 a day Grand Central service and never will neither as Newcastle and Darlington are the principal stations in the North East then Middlesbrough and Durham are the level below with Sunderland the level below again and that won't change regardless to as much jumping up and down Sunderland wants to do as it's in the wrong place.
*according to DFT.
Sorry I’m not trying to justify if we need parking for the car park but Funding for it appears to have been linked with the station redevelopment so assume Network Rail or someone must have lobbied for it? There is train service to London of course albeit limited. Whether they get any new services is anyones guess - I know that there was more recent lobbying for Leamside line to be reopened.
Hopefully they’ve got the foresight to make the majority……if not all the parking spots with electrical charging points. There may be a logic in it afterall if they do this, as EV will be the predominant cars on the road in the next ten years
I’ve wondered this but would have thought most people will try and charge from home which is likely to be cheaper than in a car park.
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