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
Owner	Network Rail
Station code	SYL
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2008–09	0.676 million^[1]
2009–10	0.711 million^[1]
2010–11	0.819 million^[1]
2011–12	0.905 million^[1]
2012–13	0.975 million^[1]
Other information
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London Transport portal UK Railways portalCoordinates: 51°28′54″N 0°19′29″W / 51.4818°N 0.3248°W / 51.4818; -0.3248

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.^[2]

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. Hounslow Council proposed that the Hounslow Loop Line be part of the Crossrail route with Crossrail trains calling at Syon Lane station.^[3] 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

Connections

London Buses route H28 serve the station.

Gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Syon Lane railway station.

Platforms looking east.
Platforms looking west.
Platform signage
Side entrance on Rothbury Gardens, on the eastbound side.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ M R Bonavia The History of the Southern Railway Unwin Hyman, 1987 ISBN 0-04-385107-X, p64
↑ http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/crossrail.pdf A4

External links

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

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Roads

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Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

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South West Trains routes

Mainline routes serving this station

None

Suburban and non-mainline routes serving this station

Hounslow Loop Line & Chertsey or Weybridge Branch Line	London Waterloo Vauxhall Queenstown Road Clapham Junction Wandsworth Town Putney Barnes Barnes Bridge Chiswick Kew Bridge Brentford Syon Lane Isleworth Hounslow Whitton Twickenham St Margarets Richmond North Sheen Mortlake Barnes Putney Wandsworth Town Clapham Junction Queenstown Road Vauxhall London Waterloo Feltham Ashford (Surrey) Staines Egham Virginia Water Chertsey Addlestone Weybridge

Island Line Trains routes serving this station

None

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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