Cattal railway station

Coordinates: 53°59′51″N 1°19′13″W / 53.9974183°N 1.3201962°W / 53.9974183; -1.3201962
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Cattal
National Rail
General information
LocationCattal, Borough of Harrogate
England
Coordinates53°59′51″N 1°19′13″W / 53.9974183°N 1.3201962°W / 53.9974183; -1.3201962
Grid referenceSE446559
Owned byNetwork Rail
Managed byNorthern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeCTL
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyEast and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
30 October 1848Opened
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 61,356
2019/20Increase 61,562
2020/21Decrease 16,242
2021/22Increase 51,422
2022/23Increase 64,446
Location
Cattal is located in North Yorkshire
Cattal
Cattal
Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cattal is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 10+12 miles (17 km) west of York, serves the village of Cattal, Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Cattal is at the western end of a dual track section from Hammerton. Trains heading east towards York are timetabled to arrive first on the dual track section, in order to clear the single-track line heading west towards Harrogate.[1][2] The level crossing here still has manually-operated metal gates and a ground-level signal box.[3] The station buildings are now privately owned.

In 2022-2023 the most popular origin/destination station from Cattal was York with 24,076 journeys to/from York (37.4% of all journeys).

Facilities[edit]

The station has a modest car park of 22 spaces and has a section of bike stands. Apart from the signaller, the station is unstaffed and all tickets must be purchased on the train.[4] Step-free access is available to both platforms, with digital information screens and a long-line P.A system for train running information provision.

Services[edit]

Northern Trains
route 29
York – Harrogate – Leeds
via Knaresborough
York Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access
Poppleton Parking Bicycle facilities
Hammerton Parking
Cattal Bicycle facilities
Knaresborough Parking
Starbeck Bicycle facilities
Harrogate Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access Bus interchange
Hornbeam Park Parking
Pannal Parking Bicycle facilities
Weeton Parking
Horsforth Parking Bicycle facilities
Headingley Parking
Burley Park Parking
Leeds Parking Bicycle facilities Handicapped/disabled access

As of the May 2023 timetable change, the station is served by a half hourly service to Leeds and York, with additional services running at peak times. All services are operated by Northern Trains.[5]

Rolling stock used: Class 150/155/158 Sprinter and Class 170 Turbostar

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jacobs, Gerald (2006). Railway Track Diagrams - Eastern. Bradford-On-Avon: Trackmaps. p. 42E. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
  2. ^ Northern Rail Timetable 29 (PDF). Northern Rail. 2015.
  3. ^ Cattal Station Murray-Rust, Alan Geograph.org; Retrieved 30 November 2016
  4. ^ "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Cattal". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Timetables". www.northernrailway.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

External links[edit]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Knaresborough   Northern Trains
Harrogate Line
  Hammerton
  Historical railways  
Hopperton   East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Harrogate Line
  Hammerton