The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 16 and Version 15 of Forest Gate Station
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Served by 'one' Great Eastern. Trains every 10 minutes or so on the ''Shenfield Metro'' service between [[Liverpool Street station]] and Shenfield. Trains go via [[Maryland]] and [[Stratford]], going west; going east, destinations include [[Ilford]], [[Romford]] and [[Gidea Park]]. |
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]]. |
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.
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