Syon Lane
Syon Lane Location of Syon Lane in Greater London
Location	Isleworth
Local authority	London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by	South Western Railway
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	SYL
DfT category	F1
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	4
Cycle parking	Yes
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	1.307 million[2]
2019–20	1.238 million[2]
2020–21	0.224 million[2]
2021–22	0.523 million[2]
2022–23	0.668 million[2]
Railway companies
Original company	Southern Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
5 July 1931 (1931-07-05)	Station opened
December 2020 (2020-12)	Fully-accessible
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°28′54″N 0°19′29″W / 51.4818°N 0.3248°W / 51.4818; -0.3248
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Syon Lane railway station in Travelcard Zone 4 is on the Hounslow Loop Line and borders the Spring Grove and New Brentford neighbourhoods of the London Borough of Hounslow in west London.^{[n 1]} The office and light industrial zone to the north-east, the West Cross Centre, has among other businesses the headquarters and studios of broadcaster and entertainment multinational company Sky. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South Western Railway.

History

The Southern Railway opened Syon Lane station 81 years after the line, on 5 July 1931.^[3]

In December 2020, South Western Railway finished work to make the station fully accessible. A new footbridge was installed with a lift providing step-free access to the Hounslow-bound platform, with an improved step-free footpath for the Waterloo-bound platform.^[1]

Lobbying attempts for direct longer-distance and Heathrow Airport services

Hounslow Council unsuccessfully proposed that the Hounslow Loop Line be part of the Crossrail route with its inter-regional trains calling at all stations west of Kew Bridge.^[4] Planning consultants rejected the proposal in a final route presented to Parliament in 2008. The loop line itself, although partially operating services as a through line to Weybridge in Surrey, is constrained by level crossings on the Windsor and Reading line running from London Waterloo – four in the town of Egham of the 15 in total along the whole main route and its Weybridge spur are concentrated there in quick succession – whose local authority for transport Surrey County Council and Chamber of Commerce object to full-capacity timetabling without tunnelling beneath or bridging over most of the level crossings.^[5][6]

Amenities and set-up

The station is set below steps at the foot of a north–south humpback bridge formed by Syon Lane, which crosses the Great West Road at Gillette Corner 100m north. It has a passenger shelter on each platform (instead of a station building.) A street-level third entrance, from the convergence of Northumberland, Hexham and Rothbury Gardens (streets), connects the eastbound platform.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station in trains per hour is:

• 4 direct to Waterloo via Brentford
• 2 circuitously to Waterloo via Hounslow and Richmond
• 2 to Weybridge

On Sundays, two trains per hour to/from London Waterloo call at Syon Lane that continue alternately to/from Woking to the south-west on a mainline and to/from Twickenham and Kingston to the south on the Kingston loop line.

It is also occasionally served by trains to/from Reading or Windsor & Eton Riverside.

The vast majority of services from Syon Lane are operated by Class 450 or Class 458 electric multiple units.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brentford		South Western Railway Hounslow Loop Line		Isleworth

Connections

London Buses route H28 serves the station.