Cattal railway station

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Cattal
Location in North Yorkshire, England
Cattal
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General information
Location Cattal, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 53°59′51″N1°19′13″W / 53.9974183°N 1.3201962°W / 53.9974183; -1.3201962
Grid reference SE446559
Owned by Network Rail
Managed by Northern Trains
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeCTL
Classification DfT category F2
History
Original company East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
30 October 1848Opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 61,562
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 in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

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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
York – Harrogate – Leeds
via Knaresborough
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Poppleton BSicon PARKING.svg BSicon BICYCLE.svg
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Hammerton BSicon PARKING.svg
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Cattal BSicon BICYCLE.svg
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Knaresborough BSicon PARKING.svg
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Starbeck BSicon BICYCLE.svg
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Harrogate BSicon PARKING.svg BSicon BICYCLE.svg Handicapped Accessible sign.svg BSicon BUS.svg
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Hornbeam Park BSicon PARKING.svg
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Pannal BSicon PARKING.svg BSicon BICYCLE.svg
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Weeton BSicon PARKING.svg
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Horsforth BSicon PARKING.svg BSicon BICYCLE.svg
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Headingley BSicon PARKING.svg
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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

References

  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 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.
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Knaresborough   Northern Trains
Harrogate Line
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Hopperton   East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Harrogate Line
  Hammerton