Port Sunlight railway station

Port Sunlight

Location
Place	Port Sunlight
Local authority	Wirral
Coordinates	53°20′56″N 2°59′53″W / 53.349°N 2.998°W / 53.349; -2.998Coordinates: 53°20′56″N 2°59′53″W / 53.349°N 2.998°W / 53.349; -2.998
Grid reference	SJ336840
Operations
Station code	PSL
Managed by	Merseyrail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.220 million
2005/06	0.238 million
2006/07	0.237 million
2007/08	0.250 million
2008/09	0.673 million
2009/10	0.644 million
2010/11	0.676 million
2011/12	0.696 million
2012/13	0.671 million
2013/14	0.617 million
2014/15	0.678 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	Merseytravel
Zone	B1
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Port Sunlight from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Port Sunlight railway station serves the Port Sunlight area of the Wirral, England, a 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 1840.

Direct train services to Liverpool began in 1985, when the line between Rock Ferry and 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 in 1993 and then Ellesmere Port in 1994.

Facilities

The station is staffed, during all opening hours, and has platform CCTV.^[1] There are toilets, a payphone, a vending machine and a booking office. There are departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. Each of the two platforms has sheltered seating. The station doesn't have a car park, though there is roadside parking available. The station does have a cycle rack with 8 spaces, and a secure cycle locker with 60 spaces.^[2] Access to the station booking office is by steep ramp. However, there is no easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams to the platforms, as this is by subway and staircase only.^[3] Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.

Services

Trains operate every 15 minutes between Chester and Liverpool on weekdays and Saturdays until late evening when the service becomes half-hourly, as it is on Sundays. Additionally there is a half-hourly service between Liverpool and Ellesmere Port all day, every day.^[4] Northbound trains operate via Hamilton Square station in Birkenhead and the Mersey Railway Tunnel to Liverpool. Southbound trains all proceed as far as Hooton, where the lines to Chester and Ellesmere Port divide. These services are all provided by Merseyrail's fleet of Class 507 and Class 508 EMUs.

Gallery

A Merseyrail Class 507 approaches the station.
The station building, from the street.
The interior of the booking hall.
The view to the south of the station.

References

↑ Station Facilities for Port Sunlight Accessed 2013-12-20
↑ Port Sunlight train station facilities, Merseyrail Accessed 2013-12-20
↑ Port Sunlight Station Plan Accessed 2013-12-20
↑ "Wirral Line timetable" (PDF). Merseyrail. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

External links

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Train times and station information for Port Sunlight railway station from National Rail

Station information for Port Sunlight railway station from Merseyrail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Spital towards Chester or Ellesmere Port		Merseyrail Wirral Line	Bebington towards Liverpool Central
	Historical railways
Spital Line and station open		GWR & LNWR Chester and Birkenhead Railway	Bebington & New Ferry Line and station open

Railway stations in Merseyside

Knowsley	Halewood Huyton Kirkby Prescot Roby Whiston

Liverpool (city centre stations in italics)	Aigburth Bank Hall Broad Green Brunswick Cressington Edge Hill Fazakerley Hunts Cross James Street Kirkdale Liverpool Central Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool South Parkway Moorfields Mossley Hill Orrell Park Rice Lane St Michaels Sandhills Walton Wavertree Technology Park West Allerton

Sefton	Ainsdale Aintree Birkdale Blundellsands & Crosby Bootle New Strand Bootle Oriel Road Formby Freshfield Hall Road Hightown Hillside Maghull Meols Cop Old Roan Seaforth & Litherland Southport Waterloo

St Helens	Earlestown Eccleston Park Garswood Lea Green Newton-le-Willows Rainford Rainhill St Helens Central St Helens Junction Thatto Heath

Wirral	Bebington Beechwood (proposed) Bidston Birkenhead Central Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Bromborough Bromborough Rake Conway Park Eastham Rake Green Lane Hamilton Square Heswall Hoylake Leasowe Manor Road Meols Moreton New Brighton Port Sunlight Rock Ferry Spital Upton Wallasey Grove Road Wallasey Village West Kirby Woodchurch (proposed)

Outside Merseyside, but within the Merseytravel area	Hooton Hough Green Town Green Aughton Park Ormskirk

Transport in Merseyside Merseytravel Merseyrail

Merseyrail Wirral Line Stations

New Brighton Branch:	New Brighton Wallasey Grove Road Wallasey Village

West Kirby Branch:	West Kirby Hoylake Manor Road Meols Moreton Leasowe Bidston

Northern Branch:	Birkenhead North Birkenhead Park Conway Park

Liverpool Loop:	Hamilton Square James Street Moorfields Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool Central

Southern Branch:	Birkenhead Central Green Lane Rock Ferry Bebington Port Sunlight Spital Bromborough Rake Bromborough Eastham Rake Hooton

Chester Branch:	Capenhurst Bache Chester

Ellesmere Port Branch:	Little Sutton Overpool Ellesmere Port

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