Metro Services
| Sunderland | |
| Metro train departing Sunderland towards South Hylton | |
| Location | |
| Place | Sunderland City Centre |
| Local authority | Sunderland |
| Fare zone information | |
| Network One zone | 4 |
| Metro zone | C |
| Original (1979) zone | 57 |
| Station code | SUN |
| Metro since | 2002-03-31 |
Metro services run at a peak of five per hour in each direction calling at all stations. To the south, services run to South Hylton along the alignment of the Sunderland to Durham mainline that fell to the Beeching Axe in the 1960s. The first station is Park Lane, which provides a direct interchange with the bus and coach station.
Northbound, the first station is St Peter's which is a couple of hundred yards south of the long closed Monkwearmouth station that is now a museum.
The track is shared with mainline trains as far as Pelaw Metro Junction, just south of Pelaw Metro station. The former mainline stations at Brockley Whins, East Boldon, Seaburn are now served only by the Metro. In addition new stations at Fellgate, the Stadium of Light, and St Peter's were constructed.
On 12 December 2005 the Yellow and Green Lines of the Metro swapped routes between Pelaw and South Shields / Sunderland and South Hylton, meaning that there is a direct rail link between Sunderland and Newcastle Airport for the first time.
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