Port Sunlight railway station
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{{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 ==
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* [http://www.merseyrail.org/stations/?iStationId=55 Station information] from Merseyrail
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