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Sunderland railway station.


Boz33 said:
Unfortunately there's only shite fast food places that will have the resources to take a punt without much risk.

Would you plough your savings into a unit in the station? Because it seems apparent its not an attractive option for anyone atm
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I think you also have to hand over a percentage of profits too. Certainly looked like that in the prospectus I saw.

They could put a few big pictures up about Sunderland's railway history. It pre-dates Stockton & Darlington albeit with mineral lines rather than passenger ones. Not really worth doing much until you get rid of the pond life that stink the place out, they'll only vandalise it.
 
Zimba said:
Personally disagree mind, the design is 100% what's wrong with the station. It's just far too big for what it is, and it's just not needed. The old station was ugly, but the layout was 100% better.

There's no need for a huge concourse as the vast majority of people use the Metro which is every 12 minutes. Outside of that there's a local 2 car train once or twice an hour and those people will be also heading straight down to the platform as most will be local and the 6 Grand Central trains a day.

imo they need to just get rid of the space and stick a large unit in it's place instead like it used to be overlooking Market Square.
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Agree. Would be better used as a marketplace with stalls, that happened to have a station attached. As you say, most travellers just quickly pass through.

The design for the north entrance looks better. A proper match up of form and function.
 
havanaman said:
Agree. Would be better used as a marketplace with stalls, that happened to have a station attached. As you say, most travellers just quickly pass through.

The design for the north entrance looks better. A proper match up of form and function.
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The north entrance will be fully on the council , and the council will want it to fit in with the plans for high street west
 
royaldragon said:
Put small police station with the station, staffed 24/7. Northumbria Police could co share it with the Railway Police?
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Keep seeing this and personally I don't get an obsession with a police station in the centre, it's just a chore to get anywhere and heading East is the sea.

South Sunderland is where a police station is needed imo, basically a replacement for Farringdon which was never replaced.

Also sure the transport police have the room downstairs on the platform don't they?
 
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Zimba said:
Keep seeing this and personally I don't get an obsession with a police station in the centre, it's just a chore to get anywhere and heading East is the sea.

South Sunderland is where a police station is needed imo, basically a replacement for Farringdon which was never replaced.

Also sure the transport police have the room downstairs on the platform don't they?
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Those offices are whatever they are, totally ruin the station at platform level. Passengers pushed onto the edges of the platform and make everything feel totally confined. The offices should be at ground level and platforms opened up.
 
mackem35 said:
Those offices are whatever they are, totally ruin the station at platform level. Passengers pushed onto the edges of the platform and make everything feel totally confined. The offices should be at ground level and platforms opened up.
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Aye no arguments, to be honest if I had my own way I'd demolish the units above it completely and let some light in. Obviously never happen, but they're all pretty ugly anyway and most the shops, if not all, are just poor shops anyway. Be nice to open the station back up.

It'll be interesting to see what the plans are as I've heard they want to open the other platform back up but I'm sure I've read somewhere the foundations of those shops are in the old platform space.
 
mackem35 said:
Those offices are whatever they are, totally ruin the station at platform level. Passengers pushed onto the edges of the platform and make everything feel totally confined. The offices should be at ground level and platforms opened up.
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The Ram said:
The lift and escalator situation is absolutely embarrassing. It's indicative of how we are as a nation today, nothing but ineptitude and endless excuses everywhere.
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AFAIK they have been out of order for quite a while, more than likely network Rail, how does no one repair them within a few days, no information saying anything about it or even apologising, as you say ineptitude and zero accountability.
 
Will e said:
AFAIK they have been out of order for quite a while, more than likely network Rail, how does no one repair them within a few days, no information saying anything about it or even apologising, as you say ineptitude and zero accountability.
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the escalator has been barriered off for months
 
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