Tyndrum Lower railway station is one of two railway stations serving the small village of Tyndrum in Scotland, the other being . This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. It is sited from Callander via Glen Ogle, between Crianlarich and Dalmally. ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.

History

This station opened on 1 August 1873 as a terminal station. This was the first railway station in the village of Tyndrum. Until 1877, it was the western extremity of the Callander and Oban Railway.

In 1877, the Callander and Oban Railway was extended from Tyndrum to Dalmally. Concurrently, the station was relocated west, onto the new through alignment.

In 1894, the West Highland Railway opened a second station in Tyndrum, north of the village. In 1953, the prefix "Upper" and suffix "Lower" were added to the station names. Services to Callander & over the old C&O route via Strathyre ceased on 27 September 1965 - they had been scheduled for withdrawal as a result of the Beeching Axe from 1 November that year, but ended five weeks prior to that date following a landslide in Glen Ogle that blocked the trackbed."Callander and Oban Railway" Speller, J Spellerweb.net; Retrieved 26 August 2016

Facilities The station is equipped with a shelter, a bench, bike racks, a help point and a car park, to which there is step-free access from the platform. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.

Passenger volume +Passenger Volume at Tyndrum Lower2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits8,0577,481174,5774,5524,1463,8563,6983,9284,0825,3345,4885,5105,3645,9965,1288583,3864,6506,3825,986Interchanges0000000000000001,3993028291,3431,5060 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services Six trains in each direction call Mondays to Saturdays, with three departures each way on Sundays all year. There is an additional train each way in summer only.eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 218

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Video footage of Tyndrum Lower Station