Historical version 15 of Forest Gate Station (view current version)
Travel Information
Served by 'one' Great Eastern. Trains every 10 minutes or so to London Liverpool Street station to Shenfield Metro via [Maryland]? and Stratford, going west; going east, destinations include Ilford, [Romford]? and [Gidea Park]?.
Ticket office open during business hours, but beware of slow service and long queues. There's also a ticket machine.
Oyster pre-pay cards are not valid for travel to or from this station.
Local Connections
The station is located at the junction of Woodgrange Road and Forest Lane. A mini cab office is located 1 minutes walk north; buses north to [Wanstead]? (308) and [Walthamstow]? (58), west to Stratford and [Hackney Wick]? (308), and south to [Canning Town]? (330) and [East Ham]? (58).
Wanstead Park station (on the Silverlink Barking Line, which runs from Barking station to Gospel Oak Station line) is two minutes walk north up Woodgrange Road.
Local websites:
ForestGate.com and Forest Gate Forum
Local Amenties & Attractions
Wanstead Flats are five minutes walk north up Woodgrange Road. The Gate, a modern public library, is two minutes walk the other way.