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  2. Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002
  3. Railway stations in Tyne and Wear
  4. Railway stations served by Grand Central Railway
  5. Transport in the City of Sunderland

Arup Group

Arup (officially Arup Group Limited) is a British multinational professional services firm headquartered in London that provides design, engineering, architecture, planning, and advisory services across every aspect of the built environment.

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BAM Nuttall

BAM Nuttall Limited (formerly known as Edmund Nuttall Limited) is a construction and civil engineering company headquartered in Camberley, United Kingdom.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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British Rail Class 156

The British Rail Class 156 Super Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit passenger train.

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British Rail Class 158

The British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train.

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British Rail Class 180

The British Rail Class 180 is a class of 14 diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger trains manufactured by Alstom at its Washwood Heath factory in 2000/01 for First Great Western (FGW).

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British Rail Class 800

The British Rail Class 800, branded as the Intercity Express Train (IET) by Great Western Railway (GWR) and Azuma by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi Rail for GWR and LNER.

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Brockley Whins Metro station

Brockley Whins is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Boldon Colliery and Brockley Whins, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and Brockley Whins Metro station are 2002 establishments in England, former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations and railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002.

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Carlisle railway station

Carlisle railway station, or Carlisle Citadel, is a Grade II* listed railway station serving the cathedral city of Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Sunderland station and Carlisle railway station are northern franchise railway stations.

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City of Sunderland

Sunderland, also known as the City of Sunderland, is a metropolitan borough with city status in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England.

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Condé Nast

Condé Nast is a global mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) and owned by Advance Publications.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Direct current

Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge.

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Durham Coast Line

The Durham Coast Line is an approximately railway line running between Newcastle and in North East England.

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Durham railway station

Durham is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between and. Sunderland station and Durham railway station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations, northern franchise railway stations and railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway.

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Durham–Sunderland line

The Durham–Sunderland line was a railway line in the North East of England.

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East Boldon Metro station

East Boldon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the villages of Cleadon and East Boldon, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and East Boldon Metro station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations.

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East Coast Main Line

The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at London King's Cross station.

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Fellgate Metro station

Fellgate is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Fellgate and Hedworth, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and Fellgate Metro station are 2002 establishments in England and railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002.

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Frederick Francis Charles Curtis

Frederick Francis Charles Curtis FRIBA (9 August 1903 – 16 June 1975) was the first chief architect for British Railways from 1948.

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Grand Central (train operating company)

Grand Central is an open-access train operating company in the United Kingdom.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Hartlepool railway station

Hartlepool is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Newcastle and Middlesbrough via Hartlepool. Sunderland station and Hartlepool railway station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations, northern franchise railway stations and railway stations served by Grand Central Railway.

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Haswell railway station

Haswell railway station served the village of Haswell, County Durham, England, from 1837 to 1952 on the Hartlepool Dock and Railway.

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Hetton railway station

Hetton railway station served the town of Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear, England, from 1837 to 1963 on the Durham and Sunderland Railway.

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Hexham railway station

Hexham is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between and via Hexham. Sunderland station and Hexham railway station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations and northern franchise railway stations.

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International Railway Journal

The International Railway Journal (IRJ) is a monthly international trade magazine published by Simmons-Boardman Publishing in Falmouth, England.

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Light rail

Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.

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Liverpool Lime Street railway station

Liverpool Lime Street is a terminus railway station and the main station serving the city centre of Liverpool. Sunderland station and Liverpool Lime Street railway station are northern franchise railway stations.

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London and North Eastern Railway

The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain.

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London King's Cross railway station

King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London. Sunderland station and London King's Cross railway station are railway stations served by Grand Central Railway and railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway.

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London North Eastern Railway

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a British train operating company.

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Marquess of Londonderry

Marquess of Londonderry, of the County of Londonderry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Middlesbrough railway station

Middlesbrough is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, Esk Valley Line and Tees Valley Line. Sunderland station and Middlesbrough railway station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations, northern franchise railway stations and railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway.

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Millfield Metro station

Millfield is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving Sunderland Royal Hospital and the suburb of Millfield, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and Millfield Metro station are 2002 establishments in England, railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002 and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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National Rail

National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Network Rail

Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain. Sunderland station and network Rail are 2002 establishments in England.

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Newcastle Airport Metro station

Airport (also known as Newcastle Airport) is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving Newcastle International Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Newcastle railway station

Newcastle station (also known as Newcastle Central and locally as Central Station) is a railway station in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom. Sunderland station and Newcastle railway station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations, northern franchise railway stations, railway stations in Tyne and Wear and railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway.

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North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)

The North Eastern Railway (NER) was an English railway company.

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North Eastern Region of British Railways

The North Eastern Region was a region of British Railways from 1948, whose operating area could be identified by the orange signs and colour schemes that adorned its stations and other railway buildings.

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Northern Trains

Northern Trains, trading as Northern, is a British train operating company owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT), after the previous operator Arriva Rail North had its franchise terminated at the end of February 2020.

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Nunthorpe railway station

Nunthorpe is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between and via Nunthorpe. Sunderland station and Nunthorpe railway station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations and northern franchise railway stations.

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Office of Rail and Road

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the economic and safety regulation of Britain's railways, and the economic monitoring of National Highways.

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Ordnance Survey National Grid

The Ordnance Survey National Grid reference system (OSGB), also known as British National Grid (BNG), is a system of geographic grid references, distinct from latitude and longitude, whereby any location in Great Britain can be described in terms of its distance from the origin (0, 0), which lies to the west of the Isles of Scilly.

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Pallion Metro station

Pallion is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of Pallion, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and Pallion Metro station are 2002 establishments in England, railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002 and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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Park Lane Interchange

Park Lane is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the port city of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and Park Lane Interchange are 2002 establishments in England, railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002 and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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Passenger rail terminology

Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas.

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Pelaw Metro station

Pelaw is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Bill Quay, Pelaw and Wardley, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and Pelaw Metro station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations.

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Rail (magazine)

Rail is a British magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain.

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Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

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Regional Railways

Regional Railways was one of the three passenger sectors of British Rail created in 1982 that existed until 1997, two years after Privatisation of British Rail.

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River Wear

The River Wear in Northern England rises in the Pennines and flows eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea in the City of Sunderland.

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Seaburn Metro station

Seaburn is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Fulwell and Seaburn, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and Seaburn Metro station are 2002 establishments in England, railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002 and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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South Hylton Metro station

South Hylton is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Pennywell and South Hylton, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, North East England. Sunderland station and South Hylton Metro station are 2002 establishments in England, railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002 and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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South Yorkshire Supertram

The South Yorkshire Supertram, sometimes referred to as the Sheffield Supertram, is a tram and tram-train network covering Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England.

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St Peter's Metro station

St Peter's is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the University of Sunderland and suburb of St Peter's, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, England. Sunderland station and st Peter's Metro station are 2002 establishments in England, railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002 and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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Stadium of Light Metro station

Stadium of Light is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the Stadium of Light and suburbs of Roker and Monkwearmouth, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. Sunderland station and Stadium of Light Metro station are 2002 establishments in England, railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002 and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Sunderland (Fawcett Street) railway station

Fawcett Street railway station served the city of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England from 1853 to 1879 on the Penshaw branch line. Sunderland station and Sunderland (Fawcett Street) railway station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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Sunderland Echo

The Sunderland Echo is a daily newspaper serving the Sunderland, South Tyneside and East Durham areas of North East England.

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Tram-train

A tram-train is a type of light rail vehicle that both meets the standards of a light rail system, and also national mainline standards.

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Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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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). Sunderland station and Tyne and Wear Metro are transport in the City of Sunderland.

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Tyne and Wear Metrocar

The Tyne and Wear Metrocars are a fleet of light rail vehicles manufactured by Metro-Cammell for the Tyne and Wear Metro in North East England between 1978 and 1981.

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Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive

The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, branded as Nexus, is an executive body of the North East Joint Transport Committee and is best known for owning and operating the Tyne and Wear Metro.

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United Kingdom railway station categories

The 2,579 railway stations on the National Rail network in Great Britain are classified into six categories (two of which are each divided into two subcategories) by the Department for Transport.

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University Metro station

University is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the University of Sunderland and suburb of Ashbrooke, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. Sunderland station and University Metro station are 2002 establishments in England, railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002 and transport in the City of Sunderland.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).

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Wearside

Wearside is a built-up area in County Durham and Tyne and Wear, England.

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Whitby railway station

Whitby is a railway station serving the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. Sunderland station and Whitby railway station are northern franchise railway stations.

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William Peachey

William Peachey (1826 – 2 March 1912) was an English architect known for his work for the North Eastern Railway.

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Wired UK

Wired UK is a bimonthly magazine that reports on the effects of science and technology.

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York railway station

York railway station is on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) serving the cathedral city of York, North Yorkshire, England. Sunderland station and York railway station are former North Eastern Railway (UK) stations, northern franchise railway stations, railway stations served by Grand Central Railway and railway stations served by London North Eastern Railway.

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York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway

The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (YN&BR) was an English railway company formed in 1847 by the amalgamation of the York and Newcastle Railway as well as the Newcastle and Berwick Railway.

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See also

Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2002

Railway stations in Tyne and Wear

Railway stations served by Grand Central Railway

Transport in the City of Sunderland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunderland_station

Also known as Sunderland Metro station, Sunderland Railway station.

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