Overview
Park Lane's westbound platform is used for trains to South Hylton, while passengers for north Sunderland and Tyneside use the eastbound platform. The Metro station is one of three serving the city centre, the others being University and Sunderland Central.
There are a number of amenities at Park Lane, including two newsagents, a Nexus Travelcentre, a Greggs Bakery, and public toilets. The Interchange also hosts a busy taxi rank, as well as National Express and Megabus coach services to London, Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham and other destinations across the country. Along with others on the Sunderland extension, the Metro station has vitreous enamelled panels in a colour scheme created by Morag Morrison. Each station uses a different arrangement of colours.
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