Upper Tyndrum Scottish Gaelic:Taigh an Droma Uachdrach[1]
Upper Tyndrum station, looking north towards Fort William and Mallaig
General information
Location	Tyndrum,Stirling Scotland
Coordinates	56°26′04″N4°42′13″W / 56.4345°N 4.7036°W /56.4345; -4.7036
Grid reference	NN333302
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	UTY[2]
History
Original company	West Highland Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
7 August 1894	Station opened asTyndrum[3]
21 September 1956	Station renamed asTyndrum Upper[3]
1988	Station renamed asUpper Tyndrum[3]
Passengers
2019/20	4,736
2020/21	772
Interchange	64
2021/22	3,180
Interchange	185
2022/23	4,076
Interchange	123
2023/24	5,878
Interchange	214
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Upper Tyndrum railway station is one of tworailway stations serving the small village ofTyndrum inScotland. It is on theFort William route of the scenicWest Highland Line, betweenCrianlarich andBridge of Orchy, sited 41 miles 25 chains (66.5 km) fromCraigendoran Junction, nearHelensburgh.^[4] Services are operated byScotRail - who manage the station - andCaledonian Sleeper.

Originally named "Tyndrum", this station opened concurrently with the West Highland Railway in 1894, as the second station in the village. In 1956,British Rail added the suffix "Upper" to the station's name, to distinguish it from the station on theCallander and Oban Line which then became known asTyndrum Lower.^[3]

In 1988 whenRETB was introduced to the line, The station's name was changed from Tyndrum Upper to "Upper Tyndrum" (see below), to reduce the risk of it being confused with "Tyndrum Lower" in radio communications on the nearby Oban line

Thesignal box, which had 15 levers, was situated on theisland platform. From its opening in 1894, the West Highland Railway was worked throughout by the electrictoken system.

In 1967, the method of working betweenCrianlarich andRannoch was changed to theScottish Region Tokenless Block system. The Down loop at Tyndrum Upper was signalled for running in either direction and the signal box was able to 'switch out' when not required.

In August 1985, the method of working between Crianlarich and Rannoch reverted to the electric token block system. Thesemaphore signals were removed on 22 December 1985 in preparation for the introduction ofRadio Electronic Token Block (RETB).

The RETB system was commissioned byBritish Rail betweenHelensburgh Upper and Upper Tyndrum on 27 March 1988. On 29 May of the same year, the RETB spread north toFort William Junction, resulting in the closure of Upper Tyndrum signal box (amongst others). The RETB is controlled from a purpose-built Signalling Centre atBanavie railway station. Upper Tyndrum station is the boundary between the two signallinginterlockings and the areas of control of the two signalmen.

TheTrain Protection & Warning System was installed in 2003.

The station only has very basic facilities, being a small car park and some bike racks. The station has no step-free access, the only access being from a subway.^[5] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

In 2005/06 it was the least used station on the West Highland Line, This is in part because of its position up a hill above the village, as opposed toTyndrum Lower on the Oban branch, which also offers services to and from Crianlarich and destinations to the south. However, in recent years the Oban line has been served by a core train service, giving Tyndrum Lower a more regular service than Upper Tyndrum, as of May 2025.^[6]

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

On weekdays and Saturdays, ScotRail operates three services north toMallaig, and three south toGlasgow Queen Street. Caledonian Sleeper operates one service each way toFort William andLondon Euston (the latter does not run on Saturdays). On Sundays, The service is broadly the same except the early morning trains don't run, There are two services northbound to Mallaig, two services southbound to Glasgow Queen Street, and one service to London Euston.^[7][8][9] Tyndrum Lower on the Oban branch has 6 trains per day and on a more regular frequency

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Crianlarich		ScotRail West Highland Line		Bridge of Orchy
		Caledonian Sleeper Highland Caledonian Sleeper
	Historical railways
Crianlarich		North British Railway West Highland Railway		Bridge of Orchy

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• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000).Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1.OCLC 228266687.

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