Port Sunlight railway station 4603249 219351476 2008-06-14T20:35:28Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox UK station |name = Port Sunlight |manager = [[Merseyrail]] |code = PSL |locale = [[Port Sunlight]] |borough = [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral]] |pte = [[Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive|Merseytravel]] |zone = B1 |usage0506 = 0.238 |platforms = 2 }} '''Port Sunlight railway station''' serves the [[Port Sunlight]] area of the [[Wirral Peninsula|Wirral]], [[England]], a so-called "model village" built for the workers of the nearby [[Lever Brothers]] soap factory. The station is situated on the [[Chester]] and [[Ellesmere Port]] branches of the [[Wirral Line]], part of the [[Merseyrail]] network. == History == Port Sunlight station is on the former [[Chester and Birkenhead Railway]], which opened in 1838. <!--The station itself opened in xxxx.--> Direct train services to [[Liverpool]] began in 1985, when the line between [[Rock Ferry railway station|Rock Ferry]] and [[Hooton railway station|Hooton]] was electrified; previously passengers for Liverpool had to change at Rock Ferry. Further electrification in early 1990s allowed electric train services to be extended, first to [[Chester railway station|Chester]] in 1993 and then [[Ellesmere Port railway station|Ellesmere Port]] in 1994. == Services == Trains operate every 15 minutes (all day, every day) in each direction. Northbound trains operate via [[Hamilton Square railway station|Hamilton Square]] station in [[Birkenhead]] and the [[Mersey Railway|Mersey Railway Tunnel]] to Liverpool. Southbound trains continue to Hooton, from where trains continue every 30 minutes to each of Chester and Ellesmere Port. == External links == {{stn art lrnk|PSL|CH624XB}} * [http://www.merseyrail.org/stations/?iStationId=55 Station information] from Merseyrail {{rail start}} {{rail line|previous=[[Spital railway station|Spital]]|next=[[Bebington railway station|Bebington]]|route=[[Merseyrail]]<br><small>[[Wirral Line]]|col=008800}} {{end box}} {{Merseyrail Wirral Line}} [[Category:Railway stations in Wirral]] [[Category:Railway stations served by Merseyrail]] {{Merseyside-railstation-stub}}