Cattal railway station

Cattal is a railway station on the Harrogate Line, which runs between Leeds and York via Harrogate. The station, situated 10+1⁄2 miles (17 km) west of York, serves the village of Cattal in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Cattal
General information
Location	Cattal, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°59′51″N 1°19′13″W
Grid reference	SE446559
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Northern Trains
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	CTL
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Original company	East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (North Eastern)
Key dates
30 October 1848	Opened
Passengers
2019/20	61,562
2020/21	16,242
2021/22	51,422
2022/23	64,446
2023/24	74,534
Location Cattal Location in North Yorkshire, England
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

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 using the platform ticket vending machine.^[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

Northern Trains route 29
v t e
York – Harrogate – Leeds via Knaresborough
York Poppleton Hammerton Cattal Knaresborough Starbeck Harrogate Hornbeam Park Pannal Weeton Horsforth Headingley Burley Park Leeds

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

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