General information | |||||
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Location | Tyndrum, Stirling Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 56°26′01″N4°42′49″W / 56.4336°N 4.7135°W | ||||
Grid reference | NN327301 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | TYL | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Callander and Oban Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Callander and Oban Railway operated by Caledonian Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 August 1873 | Original terminus opened as Tyndrum [2] | ||||
1 May 1877 | Original terminus closed [2] | ||||
1 May 1877 | Through station opened as Tyndrum [2] | ||||
28 February 1956 | Renamed as Tyndrum Lower [2] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 5,128 | ||||
2020/21 | 858 | ||||
2021/22 | 3,386 | ||||
Interchange | 829 | ||||
2022/23 | 4,650 | ||||
Interchange | 1,343 | ||||
2023/24 | 6,382 | ||||
Interchange | 1,506 | ||||
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Tyndrum Lower railway station is one of two railway stations serving the small village of Tyndrum in Scotland,the other being Upper Tyndrum. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line,originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. It is sited 34 miles 70 chains (56.1 km) from Callander via Glen Ogle,between Crianlarich and Dalmally. [3] ScotRail manage the station and operate all services.
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. [4]
In 1877,the Callander and Oban Railway was extended from Tyndrum to Dalmally. Concurrently,the station was relocated 301 yards (275 m) west, [2] onto the new through alignment. The new station was on a higher level,as the line had to climb steeply to reach the summit about 0.6 miles (1 km) to the west. The old terminus then became the goods yard. The through station was originally laid out with two platforms,one on each side of a passing loop.
In 1894,the West Highland Railway opened a second station in Tyndrum,north of the village. In 1953,the suffixes "Upper" and "Lower" were added to the station names. Services to Callander &Dunblane 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. [5] All services henceforth used the 1897 connection to the WHR at Crianlarich Upper to reach Glasgow.
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. [6] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets,passengers must buy one in advance,or from the guard on the train.
In the 2006-07 period,the station was apparently the least used station in Scotland,which may have been down to calculations from tickets which show "Tyndrum stations",which are valid to either here or Upper Tyndrum.[ citation needed ]
2002-03 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | |
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Entries and exits | 6,937 | 8,057 | 7,481 | 17 | 4,577 | 4,552 | 4,146 | 3,856 | 3,698 | 3,928 | 4,082 | 5,334 | 5,488 | 5,510 | 5,364 | 5,996 | 5,128 | 858 | 3,386 |
Interchanges | N/A | 1,399 | 302 | 829 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
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,which runs from/to Edinburgh Waverley (rather than Glasgow Queen Street). [8] [9]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Crianlarich | ScotRail West Highland Line | Dalmally | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Crianlarich Line and station open | Callander and Oban Railway Crianlarich Link Line Operated by Caledonian Railway | Dalmally Line and station open | ||
Crianlarich Lower Line and station closed | Callander and Oban Railway Operated by Caledonian Railway |
The Callander and Oban Railway company was established with the intention of linking the sea port of Oban to the railway network. This involved a long line from Callander through wild and thinly populated terrain, and shortage of money meant that the line was opened in stages from 1866 to 1880.
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