A single broad-gauge railway line serves diesel trains.

The railway station is located in Kathgodam city at the foot of Sivalik Hills[2] at a distance of 35 km from Nainital.

[4] Kathgodam railway station is linked by roads to inner Himalayan region of Kumaon.

[20] Metre-gauge trains like the Kumaon Express from Kathgodam to Agra Fort & Nainital Express from Kathgodam to Lucknow Junction are now permanently withdrawn & are slated to start once gauge conversion is fully completed.

NainiTal Express from Kathgodam derailed between Kichcha and Baheri stations on the Kathgodam–Bareilly single line section of the North Eastern Railway.