Ellesmere Port railway station
Ellesmere Port 
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A Merseyrail Class 507 at the station.
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| Location | |
| Place | Ellesmere Port |
| Local authority | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Coordinates | 53°16′56″N 2°53′46″W / 53.2821°N 2.8962°WCoordinates: 53°16′56″N 2°53′46″W / 53.2821°N 2.8962°W |
| Grid reference | SJ403764 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ELP |
| Managed by | Merseyrail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.275 million |
| – Interchange |
 1,629 |
| 2012/13 |
0.239 million |
| – Interchange |
1,211 |
| 2013/14 |
0.396 million |
| – Interchange |
380 |
| 2014/15 |
0.403 million |
| – Interchange |
731 |
| 2015/16 |
0.390 million |
| – Interchange |
1,376 |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | Merseytravel |
| Zone | G1 |
| History | |
| 1 July 1863 | opened as Whitby Locks |
| 1 September 1870 | renamed Ellesmere Port |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ellesmere Port from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Ellesmere Port railway station is located in the town of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. It is the terminal station of two lines on separate rail networks. The station is one of the termini of the Wirral Line of the Merseyrail network. The station is also the terminus of Northern's Ellesmere Port to Warrington Bank Quay line. Departures and arrivals of Merseyrail services are on platform 1 with departures and arrivals for the Warrington Bank Quay Line on platform 2.
The station is situated on the branch of the Birkenhead Railway from Hooton to Helsby which opened in 1863. The station itself opened on 1 July 1863, as Whitby Locks. It was renamed Ellesmere Port on 1 September 1870. The station building is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Ellesmere Port became part of the Merseyrail network in 1994, when the line from Hooton was electrified by British Rail and through train services to Liverpool's city centre via Birkenhead commenced.
The station is staffed from Monday to Friday, between 06:05 and 14:00, and is unstaffed otherwise. The station has platform CCTV, a 109-space car park and a cycle rack with 10 spaces and secure storage for 14 cycles. Each platform has a waiting shelter. There are live electronic departure and arrival screens, on the platform, for passenger information. There is a payphone, next to the entrance, on platform 1. The station has vending machines, within the station concourse, next to the booking office. Platform 1, for Merseyrail services, can be accessed by ramp, for passengers with wheelchairs or prams. Platform 2, for Northern Rail services, can only be accessed by staircase. Cross-platform access, within the station, is also by staircase only. Platform access has not been modernised to the standard of that at Hooton.
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