Upper Tyndrum railway station
Upper Tyndrum 
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| Scottish Gaelic: Taigh an Droma Uachdrach | |
Upper Tyndrum station, looking north towards Fort William
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| Location | |
| Place | Tyndrum |
| Local authority | Stirling |
| Coordinates | 56°26′04″N 4°42′13″W / 56.4345°N 4.7036°WCoordinates: 56°26′04″N 4°42′13″W / 56.4345°N 4.7036°W |
| Grid reference | NN333302 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | UTY |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3,472 |
| 2012/13 |
3,396 |
| 2013/14 |
 3,940 |
| 2014/15 |
4,562 |
| 2015/16 |
4,790 |
| History | |
| Original company | West Highland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 7 August 1894 | Station opened as Tyndrum |
| 21 September 1956 | Station renamed as Tyndrum Upper |
| 1988 | Station renamed as Upper Tyndrum |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Upper Tyndrum from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Upper Tyndrum railway station is one of two railway stations serving the small village of Tyndrum in Scotland. It is on the Fort William route of the highly scenic West Highland Line. Services are operated by Abellio ScotRail. In 2005/06 it was the least used station on the West Highland Line, probably because of its position up a hill above the village, as opposed to Tyndrum Lower on the Oban branch, which also offers services to and from Crianlarich and destinations to the south (usually at about the same time, as the trains tend to connect at Crianlarich). Following a timetable change in 2014, Tyndrum Lower gets extra services so this station gets fewer services
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 the Callander and Oban Line which then became known as Tyndrum Lower.
The station name was altered to "Upper Tyndrum" upon the introduction of RETB (see below), to reduce the risk of it being confused with "Tyndrum Lower" in radio communications.
Monday to Saturday, northbound, Upper Tyndrum has three services to Mallaig and one service to Fort William (Highland Caledonian Sleeper). Southbound, there are three services to Glasgow Queen Street and one service to London Euston (Highland Caledonian Sleeper, Saturdays excepted). On Sundays, there is just one service northbound to Mallaig and two services southbound to Glasgow Queen Street and London Euston.
Monday to Saturday, northbound, Upper Tyndrum has three services to Mallaig and one service to Fort William. Southbound, there are three services to Glasgow Queen Street and one service to London Euston (Saturdays excepted).
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