The
Southern Railway opened Syon Lane station 81 years after the line, on 5 July 1931. 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.
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. 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. ==Amenities and set-up==