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At Cattal the station remains in revenue-earning
service with the station buildings on the up platform
substantially intact although the original canopy has long since
disappeared. Adjacent to the station is the Victoria Inn, a hostelry
that is over 100 years old. The line from Knaresborough has been single
track but at Cattal it is doubled again and remains so eastwards to
Hammerton. At Hammerton the line is singled as far as Poppleton and is
then double track once again as far as Skelton Junction. The line was singled in sections in 1972 - it had formerly been double-tracked throughout. manually operated crossing gates remain at the stations of Cattal and Hammerton and at the many minor road crossings. In its later years the North eastern Railway favoured timber construction for small or ground level boxes. These small boxes were not standardised but were generally weatherboarded, with three-panes deep windows. For convenience, a type classification of S5 has been given to these variable designs. At cattal, the small signal box on the platform end is assigned to this class. A Tyer's interlocking tablet instrument is installed in the signal box; this instrument controls the section to Knaresborough. The present box replaced a N.E.R signal hut of a type that is still in use at Hammerton Station and at Wilstrop crossing. derelict goods yard remained on the south side of the line complete with a set of coal drops. |
