Railway tunnel, Civic Centre

This structure was subject to historic building recording in 2021 prior to the demolition of Sunderland Civic Centre (event 5462 report 2022/88). It was constructed in shuttered concrete during the main works for the Civic Centre in order to house the NER Penshaw Branch which dated to 1852 (HER2659). The easternmost section was constructed of coursed limestone masonry. The line originally served the South Dock (HER2874), and here ran through a cutting: it was closed in 1984. The tunnel was c187 m long and had four pedestrian refuges on each side.