Park Lane Interchange

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Park Lane
Park Lane Metro station was purpose-built for the Sunderland extension in 2002.
Location
Place	Sunderland City Centre
Local authority	Sunderland
Fare zone information
Network Zone	57
Metro Zone	C
History
Opened	2 May 1999
Tyne and Wear Metro List of Tyne and Wear Metro stations

Park Lane Interchange in Sunderland is the second-busiest bus station in the United Kingdom, after Victoria Coach Station in London^[1]. It is on the south-western fringe of Sunderland city centre and opened on 2 May 1999. It replaced Park Lane Bus Station that was built in the 1930s and a Go North East bus depot.

A Tyne and Wear Metro station directly underneath opened on 28 April 2002 enabling speedy travel within Sunderland and Newcastle. Park Lane's westbound platform is now used for trains to South Hylton. Trains that terminate at Park Lane cross over onto the northbound platform for passengers to alight.

The Interchange has National Express coach services to London and other destinations across the United Kingdom.

[edit] Station art

Along with others on the Sunderland extension, the Metro station has vitreous enamelled panels in a colour scheme ^[2] created by Morag Morrison. Each station uses a different arrangement of colours. Due to its being the only underground station on the extension, the effect is most noticeable at Park Lane.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Park Lane Interchange from Nexus

• Park Lane Interchange is at coordinates 54°54′09″N 1°23′04″W / 54.9024, -1.3845 (Park Lane Interchange)Coordinates: 54°54′09″N 1°23′04″W / 54.9024, -1.3845 (Park Lane Interchange)

[edit] References

Preceding station		Tyne and Wear Metro		Following station
Sunderland toward Airport		Green line		University toward South Hylton