Make Sunderland Civic Centre site a new rail station

The site of the Sunderland Civic Centre should be used to extend Sunderland railway station.

This should also be a joint project between Sunderland City Council and Durham County Council to open up the old Sunderland to Consett line.

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Some stops en route would be Washington and Beamish. The route could be from Park Lane Metro station to Consett.

John Metcalf

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