Travel to and from Sunderland
Knowledge Train Sunderland,
Hope Street Xchange,
1-3 Hind Street,
Sunderland SR1 3QD,
England,
United Kingdom.
Rail
On weekdays, Sunderland station provides 5 direct trains to London King’s Cross, which take around 3 hours 30 minutes. Newcastle is a 30-minute Tyne & Wear Metro ride from Sunderland city centre, with connecting connections to London every half hour that take around 2 hours 45 minutes, as well as regular services to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham, and beyond.
Bus
On May 2, 1999, Brookside actor Michael Starke opened a multimillion-pound transportation junction at Park Lane. It is the busiest bus and coach station in Britain after Victoria Coach Station in Central London, with 750,000 passengers per year, and has received multiple awards for innovative design.
Port
The Port of Sunderland is the second biggest municipally owned port in the United Kingdom. The port has 17 quays and handles goods such as forest products, non-ferrous metals, steel, aggregates and refined oil products, limestone, chemicals, and marine cranes.
Air
Newcastle Airport is a 55-minute Metro trip from Sunderland city centre; a Metro train runs every 12–15 minutes in both directions until around 11 p.m., Monday through Sunday. Teesside International Airport is less than an hour away by vehicle.
