A city centre railway station has been branded an "embarrassment" after becoming home to just one business since its £27m redevelopment. The glass-fronted entrance to Sunderland Station opened in ...

Three MPs have slammed Northern Rail for closing Sunderland train station for most of the festive period. The station will be shut to the public on December 18, 19 ...

The UK's Port of Sunderland has started using its rail line after more than 20 years, following a trial run on the newly connected infrastructure. The UK’s Port of Sunderland has started using its ...

Train tracks at a station in Sunderland still need to be raised before a platform can safely serve the new Tyne and Wear Metro trains, bosses have admitted. A new Metro train entered service on the ...

The Tyne and Wear Metro system was disrupted today after the service was halted due to Network Rail repairs in Sunderland. To allow the transport company to complete the essential work, no trains were ...

Transport bosses have said they are working to attract tenants to fill long-vacant retail space at Sunderland’s redeveloped rail station, with hopes for a “fit out” of the largest retail unit in the ...

Sunderland football fans’ route to Wembley will not be hampered after rail engineering works were re-planned and extra trains provided for the club’s appearance in the Capital One Cup final. Thousands ...

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