It is on the Fort William route of the scenic West Highland Line, between Crianlarich and Bridge of Orchy, sited 41 miles 25 chains (66.5 km) from Craigendoran Junction, near Helensburgh.

The semaphore signals were removed on 22 December 1985 in preparation for the introduction of Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB).

On 29 May of the same year, the RETB spread north to Fort William Junction, resulting in the closure of Upper Tyndrum signal box (amongst others).

On weekdays and Saturdays, ScotRail operates three services north to Mallaig, and three south to Glasgow Queen Street.

Caledonian Sleeper operates one service each way to Fort William and London Euston (the latter does not run on Saturdays).