Cattal railway station

Cattal
General information
LocationCattal, North Yorkshire
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
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 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.

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. The level crossing here still has manually operated metal gates and a ground-level signal box. 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).