(21 Mar 2016, 6:39 pm)Bus_User wrote I'd imagine if there is any planned possessions of the line, then any work which needs doing which would require platform closure would hopefully be done then but its a good question you have posed there. Pelaw/Felling are not a million miles away from Heworth for people to walk or the alternative would be get a train that will take you in the opposition direction you are going then change at Pelaw/Felling to head the way you were planning too.
I for one hope those automatic doors get fixed once and for all, would not be surprised if Vandalism has played a part but they always seem to be broken(most of them anyways) whenever I go pass them.
Felling is a good 25 minute walk from Hewort for someone fit and healthy.
At least there are regular bus services stopping on Sunderland road now, though, unlike 20 years ago, when the prevailing T&W PTE thought was that bus services should not directly compete with the metro at all.