Monkwearmouth Railway Station is former station that served

Monkwearmouth Monkwearmouth is an area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in North East England. Monkwearmouth is located at the north side of the mouth of the River Wear. It was one of the three original settlements on the banks of the River Wear along with Bisho ...

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, from 1848 to 1967. It was built in 1848 to a design by Thomas Moore. and was once the main railway station in the city. The

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closed in March 1967 and featured a restored booking office dating from the

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. The station was opened as a museum in 1973. The

Tyne and Wear Metro The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland (together forming Tyne and Wear). The network opened in ...

and mainline trains still pass through the station without stopping, but the Metro calls at St. Peter's station a few hundred yards south of the old station, due to the platforms at Monkwearmouth being too narrow to serve as a Metro station. The former station is a Grade II* listed building. As well as the ticket office, visitors could explore the Wagon Shed, Journeys Gallery and Children's Gallery. The museum was temporarily closed from August 2005 until 2007 to allow repairs and refurbishment to take place. The museum was closed on 23 May 2017 because the roof, footbridge and platforms were claimed to be in a very poor condition, despite a major two-year refurbishment programme in 2005–07. The station has since reopened as the Fans Museum, which houses a collection of football memorabilia from Sunderland and around the world. The museum was closed in March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic but reopened in August 2021.

References

External links

Monkwearmouth Station Museum
- official site. Monkwearmouth_Station_Museum_from_Metro_02

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