A new Civic Centre and Railway Station

luvulongtime said:
you mean where it originally was ,there's a blue plaque behind Yates opp the cenotaph marking it,

Fawcett Street railway station, Sunderland blue plaque
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Ah, the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway.

I can see the attraction but the focus appears to be further north now: Keel Sq. / Vaux etc, so a redevelopment of the old North End or at Monkwearmouth would make more sense.

Trauntrian said:
The better idea was to build a new train station on the open land next to Sinatra's, under where the Food Giant foot ramp used to be, half way between the 2 Metro stations, with footpaths from that station accessing directly the Metro Stations alongside the tracks.
The new station could have 2 entrances. One on Holmeside and a grand entrance facing Mowbray Park.
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Though that's not a bad idea.
 


[QUOTE="Ben Gardner, post: 28450486, member: 24453"

  • Pull down Littlewoods and build a proper station to be proud of with the main entrance out on to High St where it used to be.
    (straight platforms are there already, a glazed roof similar to Newcastle Central Station would be lovely)
  • Lose that daft nail shop or whatever it is on High St West and open up Pann Lane / Back Bridge Street to be a pedestrian boulevard taking folk to the SoL and beaches
    (the vista when leaving the station would be straight over to the SoL with St Mary's Car Park just to the left.
  • The Civic Centre deffo needs to go. So-called affordable housing can be built on the spaces we have in Pennywell, so let's have a medium-sized music venue and arts centre.
    (the momentum we had after the City of Culture 2021 Bid could be resurrected to support this, small bands here, massive acts at the SoL.
  • Build a Metro extension to Doxford International BusinessPark via The Barnes and past Sainsbury's on Silksworth Lane.![/QUOTE]
Bollocks to a pedestrian bridge.
There a music venue being built between the old fire station and the empire isn’t there?
Agree with the rest, especially the metro. Wtf does it go to South Hylton for ffs? Who wants to go down there? I’ve been down there once in my life and that was to try the Golden Lion out. Waste of a neet tbh.
 
citybythesea said:
"The report to cabinet on Wednesday, October 17, also outlines how the move to the Vaux site would help anchor the wider regeneration of the city centre, which includes the development of a new railway station, new homes in the city, retail and leisure opportunities."
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dont just post a quote without an explanation of your point
 
Old Timer said:
Miller seems to be the first council leader to have a vision for the city so let’s give him the chance to do it before we shoot him down
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Think you're probably giving him a bit too much credit mind. He's only been in the job 6 months, the report was commissioned 2 years ago, findings made last year. There'll have been loads going on behind the scenes for the past few years.
 
The metro system has made Sunderland an awkward cul-de-sac in railway terms. Sunderland connected to the east coast mainline only through Newcastle is scandalous. It's restricted trains. Sunderland's connectivity both road and rail needs to be independently developed to the south through the Durham coast line. Our main focus needs to promoted without the Tyne and Wear link. The incorporation of the Tyne and Wear metro....to err.....Wearside has made Sunderland a conceptual suburb of "Tyneside". The metro doesn't serve us, remember the majority was made along existing rail track at the turn of the millennium. It didnt make connected useful routes across wearside. Rather it was a cheap bolt on addition to a Newcastle-centric system, that took commerce from Sunderland and inhibited train services.
Sunderland needs to think more independently to the "Tyne and Wear project" that has always been a bad deal for Sunderland
Our future is away from this unequal partnership
Develop road and rail services including a train station south of the city centre.

Ps Well done to the council leaders acknowledging the city centre has been 'hollowed out' over the last few decades and bringing jobs and homes to the city centre as a priority. That idea needs to be commended
 

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