Syon Lane railway station

Syon Lane

main entrance (eastbound side shown) on Syon Lane
Syon Lane Location of Syon Lane in Greater London
Location	Brentford
Local authority	London Borough of Hounslow
Managed by	South West Trains
Station code	SYL
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.235 million
2005–06	0.263 million
2006–07	0.592 million
2007–08	0.653 million
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses

Syon Lane railway station, on the Hounslow Loop Line, is in the London Borough of Hounslow in west London. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. It was opened in 1931 by the Southern Railway.

The station, which has no building apart from a passenger shelter on each platform, is on Syon Lane, which crosses the Great West Road at Gillette Corner. The two platforms are accessed by separate steps from the bridge carrying Syon Lane, with another entrance on the eastbound platform leading from Rothbury Gardens. It serves a small residential area but most users are workers at one of the large developments on the Golden Mile.^{[citation needed]}

Hounslow Council proposed that the Hounslow Loop Line be part of the Crossrail route with Crossrail trains calling at Syon Lane station. but this was not included in the final route presented to Parliament in 2008.

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brentford		South West Trains Hounslow Loop Line		Isleworth

Gallery

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  Platforms looking east.

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  Platforms looking west.

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  Platform signage in South West Trains colours

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  Side entrance on Rothbury Gardens, on the eastbound side.

External links

• Train times and station information for Syon Lane railway station from National Rail