Monkwearmouth Station Museum

Monkwearmouth Station Museum
	Monkwearmouth Station Museum
	Monkwearmouth Station Museum shown within Tyne and Wear; grid reference NZ395577
Location	Sunderland, County Durham, England
Coordinates	54°54′47″N 1°23′06″W / 54.913°N 1.385°W
Website	seeitdoitsunderland.co.uk/monkwearmouth-station-museum

Monkwearmouth Railway Station is former station that served Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, England, from 1848 to 1967. It was built in 1848 to a design by Thomas Moore.^[1] and was once the main railway station in the city.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^{[citation needed]}

The former station is a Grade II* listed building.^[4] As well as the ticket office, visitors could explore the Wagon Shed, Journeys Gallery and Children's Gallery.^[5]

The museum was temporarily closed from August 2005 until 2007 to allow repairs and refurbishment to take place.^[6]

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 a museum dedicated to football.^[7]

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.
^ http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8231^{[bare URL]}
^ http://blog.twmuseums.org.uk/monkwearmouth-station-museum-railway-wagon-restoration-project-%E2%80%93-the-story-of-the-sidings/^{[bare URL]}
^ "Sunderland Fans Museum exhibition gets keys to new home at former city train station".

External links[]

Monkwearmouth Station Museum - official site.

The museum viewed from the front window of a Tyne and Wear Metro train passing through the station

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[1] "Historic English railways: 200 years of history". The Telegraph. 21 July 2015.

[2] "MySunderland - the Official Guide to Sunderland".

[3] "Monkwearmouth Station Museum closes its doors - the Railway Magazine". 10 May 2017.

[4] Historic England. "Monkwearmouth museum of land transport with walls, footbridge, waiting room (1209029)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[5] ttp://www.sunderland.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=8231^{[bare URL]}

[6] ttp://blog.twmuseums.org.uk/monkwearmouth-station-museum-railway-wagon-restoration-project-%E2%80%93-the-story-of-the-sidings/^{[bare URL]}

[7] "Sunderland Fans Museum exhibition gets keys to new home at former city train station".

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