Weekly market hopes to breathe life into 'empty shell' North East train station

A weekly market is helping to breathe life into Sunderland train station which has been criticised as being an "empty shell." ...
Sunderland Echo on MSN

This station is an embarrassment and a stain on our city centre... a cold, empty shell with broken toilets

A £27 million train station has been branded a “massive embarrassment” after attracting just 1 business since its grand ...

English train station is branded ‘massive embarrassment’ and ‘STAIN on city centre’ after £27million makeover

DESPITE a major £27 million makeover, a UK train station has been branded a “massive embarrassment” to its area. The travel ...

Train station’s £27,000,000 makeover 'underwhelming'

'It's like a Grand Designs episode where they blow the budget on the building.' ...
The Railway Hub

Transformation at Sunderland: How a Modern Station Took Shape in 1966

Sixty years ago, Sunderland was in the midst of one of the most significant railway redevelopments in its history, as British ...
Daily Mail

Train station hailed as 'stunning and ambitious' by Labour council has just one business inside - two years after £27million makeover

A train station hailed for its 'stunning and ambitious' £27million renovation has now been branded a 'massive embarrassment' after attracting just one business inside two years after its grand ...
BBC

MP condemns 'unacceptable' issues at £27m station

An MP has publicly criticised Network Rail over "unacceptable" problems at a station that has undergone a £27m redevelopment. A new southern entrance to Sunderland station was opened in December 2023 ...