Monkwearmouth railway station

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Monkwearmouth Station Museum
Monkwearmouth Station Museum
Monkwearmouth Station Museum shown within Tyne and Wear grid reference NZ39605768
Location	Sunderland, County Durham, England
Coordinates	54°54′44″N 1°23′02″W / 54.9122°N 1.3839°W / 54.9122; -1.3839
Website	seeitdoitsunderland.co.uk/monkwearmouth-station-museum

Monkwearmouth is a former railway station that served Monkwearmouth in the English city of Sunderland, 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 railway station closed in March 1967 and featured a restored booking office dating from the Edwardian period. The station was opened as a museum in 1973.

The Tyne and Wear Metro 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

"Historic English railways: 200 years of history". The Telegraph. 21 July 2015.
"MySunderland - the Official Guide to Sunderland".
"Monkwearmouth Station Museum closes its doors - the Railway Magazine". 10 May 2017.
Historic England. "Monkwearmouth museum of land transport with walls, footbridge, waiting room (1209029)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
"Sunderland City Council: What Monkwearmouth Station Museum is all about". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
"Monkwearmouth Station Museum Railway Wagon Restoration Project – The Story of the Sidings | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Blog".
"Sunderland Fans Museum exhibition gets keys to new home at former city train station".
"The Fans Museum in Sunderland set to reopen this week". 3 August 2021.

External links

Monkwearmouth Station Museum - official site.

v t e City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Settlements	Sunderland Washington Houghton-le-Spring Hetton-le-Hole Springwell Village
Education	Academy 360 Argyle House School Biddick Academy Castle View Enterprise Academy Christ's College Farringdon Community Academy Hetton Academy Kepier School Monkwearmouth Academy Oxclose Community Academy Red House Academy St Aidan's Catholic Academy St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy St Robert of Newminster Catholic School Sandhill View Academy Southmoor Academy Sunderland College Thornhill Academy University of Sunderland Venerable Bede Church of England Academy Washington Academy
Places of interest	Barnes Park Donnison School City Hall Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens Stadium of Light Penshaw Monument Herrington Country Park Mowbray Park National Glass Centre Roker Park Sunderland Empire Theatre St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth Sunderland International Airshow Washington Old Hall Monkwearmouth Station Sunderland Aquatic Centre The Bridges WWT Washington Keel Square Northern Spire Bridge Beacon of Light
Economy	Doxford International Business Park Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK The Bridges Sunniside The Galleries Vaux Site
Local media	Sunderland Echo Sun FM Spark Sunderland Sunderland Global Media
Twinned places	Essen Saint-Nazaire Washington, D.C. Harbin
Sport	Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland A.F.C. Women

Listed buildings in the City of Sunderland

v t e Grade I
Sunderland	Holy Trinity Church Hylton Castle & Chapel Phoenix Lodge St Andrew's Church St Peter's Church
Washington	Washington Old Hall
Houghton-le-Spring	Penshaw Monument St Michael and All Angels Church

v t e Grade II*
Sunderland	Doxford House Fulwell Acoustic Mirror Fulwell Mill Sunderland Minster Monkwearmouth Station Old South Pier Ryhope Pumping Station & Chimney St George's Church Empire Theatre 11 Church Street East
Houghton-le-Spring	Houghton Hall Houghton Rectory Kepier School Victoria Viaduct

Grade II

Sunderland

City Centre	Sunderland Museum St Mary's Church Mowbray Almshouses Sunderland County Court Corder House and Sydenham House Elephant Tea Rooms Green's Public House The Isis Sunderland Gas Board Galen Building Fitzgerald's Public House Wearmouth Bridge River Wear Commission Building St Mary's Building Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge Sunderland Magistrates' Court Hawksley House Victoria Hall Disaster Memorial Sunderland War Memorial Burdon Road Masonic Temple 4–25 Foyle Street 28–40 and 43–48 West Sunnside Medieval Arch & Wall Central Buildings Former General Post Office Former Custom House Maritime Buildings 19, 20, 29 and 30 Villiers Street West Park Church 17–29, 32–42 & 45–58 Frederick Street Mowbray Park (certain buildings) Midland Bank National Westminster Bank Barclays Bank Lloyds Bank 11–17, 20–23 25–28 and 45–58 John Street 2 & 3 Mary Street 3–5 Albion Place 19 & 31–33 Norfolk Street 3 & 22 Athenaeum Street Hutchinson's Buildings The Londonderry The Dun Cow 1–7, 105–112, 114–118, 145, 170–173, 176, 211, 212 and 214–217 High Street West 49–51 High Street East
Monkwearmouth and Southwick	Monkwearmouth Library Monkwearmouth College Wheatsheaf Hotel North East Railway Stables Holy Trinity Church St Columba's Church Hebron Church 6 Back North Bridge Street 57 and 58 Barclay Street Southwick Limekilns The Tramcar Inn Thompson Memorial Southwick War Memorial 65–95 James Armitage Street All Saints' Church
Ryhope and Burdon	Railway Inn Ryhope Grange Farmhouse St Paul's Church The Chestnuts and The Wilderness Burdon Hall The Railway Inn 14 Cliff Road Ryhope War Memorial Coqueda Hall Ryhope Rent Office Ryhope Pumping Station
Ashbrooke and Thornholme	Bede Tower Sunderland Synagogue Christ Church West Hendon House St John's Church Carlton House Langham Tower Ashburne House The Crofts Gray House St George's House 3–7 Douro Terrace Valebrooke Gardens Westburn House 1–29 Thornhill Terrace 1–15 Grange Crescent 1–9 The Esplanade Burdon House 1–16 St Bede's Terrace 1–24 Park Place East and West Park Road Methodist Church
Hendon and Grangetown	Hendon Gas Works Quayside Exchange St Aidan's Church Trafalgar Square Merchant Seaman's Almshouses St Ignatius Church Tavistock House Sunderland Orphanage 10 Church Street East Salisbury Street Steps Sunderland Cemetery (certain buildings) Former Methodist Manse Bethesda Free Church 17–23 Murton Street 3–19 Ridley Terrace North Dock (walls and mooring posts) Hudson Dock (certain buildings) Sunderland Harbour South Pier Whylam Wharf Bonded Warehouse
Barnes and Humbledon	Barnes School St Gabriel's Church Kayll Road Library Children's Hospital Humbledon Pumping Station Hill House Bishopwearmouth Cemetery (certain buildings) Barnes Park Bandstand
Deptford, Millfield and Pallion	The Mountain Daisy Public House St Joseph's Church Queen Alexandra Bridge St Mark's Church St Luke's Church Laing Fountain Webster's Ropery
Silksworth and Tunstall	Silksworth Hall Tunstall Lodge Silksworth Cottage Tunstall School Tunstall Hope Lodge
North Hylton and South Hylton	The Shipwrights South Hylton War Memorial The Golden Lion Hylton House 41 & 42 High Street St Mary's Church
Fulwell, Roker and Whitburn Bents	Fulwell Pumping Station The Bents Mere Knolls Cemetery (certain buildings) Roker Park Bandstand Roker Park Drinking Fountain Roker Pier & Lighthouse Andover Fulwell Limekilns 160, 162 & 164 Newcastle Road
Middle and East Herrington	Crow Lane Farmhouse Greystones Ivy House

Washington

Certain buildings in/on: Peareth Hall Road
The Avenue

Houghton-le-Spring

Houghton-le-Spring	Davenport and Lilburne Almshouses Lilburn House Gilpin House The Villa The Rectory St Michael's Church The Old Mill Laburnum House Houghton Mines Rescue Station High Farm House St Cuthbert's Church Stoneygate Pumping Station Philadelphia Power Station Certain buildings in/on: Nesham Place Front Street, Newbottle Philadelphia Lane
Hetton-le-Hole	St Nicholas' Church, Hetton-le-Hole St Nicholas House Easington Lane War Memorial Pithead Baths Smithy Primitive Methodist Church
Newbottle	Russell House Newbottle Working Men's Club St Matthew's Church, Newbottle Cellar Hill House
Penshaw	All Saints' Church Penshaw House Alice Well Accommodation Arch Boundary Stone

v t e Closed railway stations in Tyne and Wear
Blyth and Tyne Railway	Backworth Benton Square Forest Hall Jesmond Holywell Moor Edge Newcastle New Bridge Street Prospect Hill
Brandling Junction Railway	South Shields High Shields Oakwellgate Fugar Bar Wearmouth
Derwent Valley Railway	Swalwell Rowlands Gill
Durham and Sunderland Railway	Sunderland Town Moor Hendon (Tyne and Wear) Ryhope
Leamside Line	Usworth Washington Penshaw
Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway	Hendon Burn Ryhope East
Newcastle & Carlisle Railway	Ryton Scotswood Elswick Shot Tower Newcastle Forth Derwenthaugh Newcastle Redheugh
Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Dudley Colliery Annitsford Killingworth Forest Hall
Ponteland and Darras Hall Branch	West Gosforth Coxlodge Kenton Bank Callerton
Riverside Branch	Byker St. Peters St. Anthonys Walker Carville Point Pleasant Willington Quay
Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway	Newburn Lemington
South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway	South Shields (Westoe Lane) Marsden Cottage Halt Marsden (Whitburn Colliery)
Stanhope and Tyne Railway	South Shields Jarrow Docks Jarrow Boldon Biddick Lane Vigo
Team Valley Railway	Bensham Low Fell Lamesley Birtley
York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway	Fawcett Street Millfield Monkwearmouth Pallion Hylton Cox Green
Other	Gateshead East Gateshead West Heaton Newcastle Carliol Square Tyne Commission Quay

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