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Sunderland railway station.
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nestegg
Midfield
Would look great but im afraid whoever are in charge of the new station havnt got a scooby ...i mean there are only about 20 seats in the whole of the concourse...those are usually taken up by the pissheads by mid morning ...
Got the last metro home last night. Like a scene from The Equalizer down there.
Paddy O'Dors
Striker
I did last week. I was expecting The Warriors to come hurtling down the stairs chased by the Gramercy Riffs.
Northumberland Rocks
Striker
A little bit of imagination like this wouldn’t take much effort or cost much. You should suggest it to the powers that be mate. I did a similar project in my area.
about 10pm for me and i feared for my safety / sanity downstairs, so went upstairs to the VIP. sure someone plugged a blue tooth speaker in, for a few mins.
Shandy drinker
Striker
They don’t care and aren’t bothered
There’s no accountability or implications other than grumbling on echo webshite
Northumberland Rocks
Striker
Sounds like they need some security and get the units opened sharpish
100% security, would be a help.
nestegg
Midfield
They have security ..2 wet through 18 yr olds and the rent they want for the units is horrific
Northumberland Rocks
Striker
Obviously needs looking at.
Brett
Striker
Units is confusing as network rail happy to let them be empty for over a year now
Shandy drinker
Striker
these property related Company’s have strange portfolio strategies
Man About Town
Striker
What the hell's going on with the place? Do they really think it's ok to leave it as a big empty space being invaded by dropouts?
Northumberland Rocks
Striker
Shame. Obviously that are asking too much if they can’t rent them out. They would be better off renting them at lower cost.
andysafc85
Striker
The city is starting to look great, but the neglect our main train station gets is absolutely mental. It should be the focal point of the city
Darlo1973
Striker
The Labour government have been quite vague about the future of the Open Access operators once the main franchise are nationalised under GB Railways. Trouble is that the like of Grand Central and Hull Trains have been popular and service Labour strongholds so removing their licences could be problematic.
MustardAndOnions
Winger
Never understood this, Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham etc, why do charv scumbags hang around bus and train stations? It’s freezing, there’s nothing to do. Why?
Paddy O'Dors
Striker
I don't think you just pay rent and rates, you have to give them a percentage of your profits too.
Darlo1973
Striker
You may not have heard of them but there is one business Select Service Partners (SSP) which is behind a huge amount of railway station outlets so regardless of whether it is a Greggs, Starbucks or Upper Crust it is them operating the franchises which gives them huge negotiating power with Network Rail and limits competition. It's very hard for a local business to setup in a station
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