(18 Dec 2025, 6:21 pm)solsburian wrote Wasn’t there talk of re-instating the disused platforms at Sunderland too (I know this would be a big task as Platforms 3/4 were expanded over one of the trackbeds.
Yes, there was talk of re-instating the disused platforms. Or at least that was my understanding of a press release back in July 2021 about the redevelopment of Sunderland. I have not seen anything since.
"Major works to the platform-level of the station are included in the plans, with the ambition to increase capacity by creating a four track, four platform station that separates Nexus and Metro, on one platform, from mainline services allowing both to expand as public transport connections regionally and nationally, and enabling them to provide access to jobs, to secure investment and to grow the economy."
SUNDERLAND CENTRAL STATION TO BE TRANSFORMED | Portfolio North