Sunderland railway station.

[EDGE]

Just walked Stephenson Trail. Well recommended. Covering vast majority of Hetton to Sunderland rail route. 11 miles.

 

[nestegg]

To make it a bit more appealing and break up the vastness they should put up displays with pictures of Sunderland's railway history. The town was home to some of the first railways (albeit for coal rather than passengers). I see loads of class old pictures on Facey and that.

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 ...

 

[tenpins]

Got the last metro home last night. Like a scene from The Equalizer down there.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

Got the last metro home last night. Like a scene from The Equalizer down there.

I did last week. I was expecting The Warriors to come hurtling down the stairs chased by the Gramercy Riffs.

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

To make it a bit more appealing and break up the vastness they should put up displays with pictures of Sunderland's railway history. The town was home to some of the first railways (albeit for coal rather than passengers). I see loads of class old pictures on Facey and that.

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.

 

[td586]

Got the last metro home last night. Like a scene from The Equalizer down there.

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]

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 ...

They don’t care and aren’t bothered
There’s no accountability or implications other than grumbling on echo webshite

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

Sounds like they need some security and get the units opened sharpish

 

[td586]

Sounds like they need some security and get the units opened sharpish

100% security, would be a help.

 

[nestegg]

Sounds like they need some security and get the units opened sharpish

They have security ..2 wet through 18 yr olds and the rent they want for the units is horrific

 

[Northumberland Rocks]

They have security ..2 wet through 18 yr olds and the rent they want for the units is horrific

Obviously needs looking at.

 

[Brett]

Sounds like they need some security and get the units opened sharpish

Units is confusing as network rail happy to let them be empty for over a year now

 

[Shandy drinker]

Units is confusing as network rail happy to let them be empty for over a year now

these property related Company’s have strange portfolio strategies

 

[Man About Town]

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]

Units is confusing as network rail happy to let them be empty for over a year now

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]

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?

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]

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Worries over the London service too? It gets worse!

The station is a right sight! Filthy and an empty warehouse.

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]

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]

Shame. Obviously that are asking too much if they can’t rent them out. They would be better off renting them at lower cost.

I don't think you just pay rent and rates, you have to give them a percentage of your profits too.

 

[Darlo1973]

I don't think you just pay rent and rates, you have to give them a percentage of your profits too.

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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