Tyndrum Upper: The Class 156 DMUs were originally built as two car units, but from time to time, operators have assembled them into three car units to suit passenger loadings. One such occasion was the summer of 1989 on the West Highland line. This photo shows a three car 156 assemblage at Tyndrum Upper in June 1989.
Mark Dufton /06/1989
Upper Tyndrum
Location type
StationNames and dates
Tyndrum [WHR] (1894-1953)Tyndrum Upper (1953-1992)
Upper Tyndrum (1992-)
Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Where: Stirling, ScotlandOpened on the West Highland Railway.
Open on the West Highland Line.
Description
This is an island platform station in the West Highland 'Swiss Chalet' style. The station building, signal box (closed 1984, 'B' listed and restored), stationmaster's cottage and railwaymen's cottage survive. Entry to the station is by a subway. There is a very small parking area. The station is east of Tyndrum, a small settlement at the west end of Strath Fillan. It is high above the village, as a result of the line needing to gain high height to cross County March Summit [West Highland] to the north.
The reversing spur for the goods yard remains as a permanent way siding. The trackless loading bank itself survives.
A stationmaster's house and railway cottage are downhill from the station on the road which zig-zags up from the main road below.
The station name was reversed in 1992 from 'Tyndrum Upper' to 'Upper Tyndrum' to make the name distinctly different from 'Tyndrum Lower'.
The station building is the office of Scotgold Resources Ltd . There are gold deposits at Cononish Gold Mine, which is around three and half miles by dirt road to the south west.
Local
Clifton, a former mining community, is to the north west. The former Tyndrum Lead Mine, on the north eastern slopes of Sron Nan Colan, is to the west of the station.
Tags
StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
12/06/2022
Facilities
Gaelic name: Taigh an Droma UachdrachListing: B
| Nearby stations Tyndrum [1st] Tyndrum Lower Crianlarich Lower Crianlarich Loch Dochart [Private] Bridge of Orchy Glen Falloch Platform Luib Ardlui Dalmally Gorton [WHR] Killin Junction Inveruglas Loch Awe Glenoglehead Crossing | Glengarry Lead Smelter Tyndrum Goods Junction Tyndrum Mines Loading Point [1st] Tyndrum Summit Tyndrum Lead Shed and Mill Tyndrum Incline Tyndrum Lead Mines [Lower] [1st] Tyndrum Lead Mines Tip [1st] Cononish Viaduct Tyndrum Lead Mines [Upper] [1st] Auchtertyre Viaduct Tourist/other Dalrigh [Tyndrum] Meall Buidhe Lochan na Bi St Fillan^s Priory |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Two stationsTyndrum, with a population around 167, is considered to be the smallest settlement served by two stations. Upper Tyndrum is high above and to the east on the West Highland Railway to Fort William, and Tyndrum Lower is to the south west on the Callander and Oban Railway to Oban. The line from Glasgow Queen Street High Level divides at Crianlarich. |
Chronology Dates
| / /1953 | Callander and Oban Railway Tyndrum [CandO] becomes Tyndrum Lower to make the distinction from Tyndrum [WHR] (renamed Tyndrum Upper) station. |
| 16/07/1967 | West Highland Railway Switching out provided at Tyndrum Upper signal box. |
| 10/08/1985 | West Highland Railway Switching out removed from Tyndrum Upper, Bridge of Orchy signal boxes. |
| 22/12/1985 | West Highland Railway Tyndrum Upper signal box closed. |
| 29/05/1988 | West Highland Railway Tyndrum Upper, Bridge of Orchy, Rannoch, Corrour, Tulloch, Spean Bridge block posts eliminated by RETB. |
| 26/02/2010 | West Highland Railway Avalanches block the line between Upper Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy. (Re-opened on 8th of March.) |
