How to get to Stratford

The sign at Barking Station at the top of the stairs down to platform 1 (London Overground) says "change at Gospel Oak for trains to Stratford and Richmond". Its a traditional railway style piece of information, but pretty silly in context as the rail route to Stratford from Barking is West Ham (c2c or Underground) then the Jubilee Line, or possibly B&GO to Wanstead Park, walk to Forest Gate then Stratford on that line. It's extra silly at the moment as the line between Gospel Oak and Stratford is closed.

The Forest Gate and West Ham routes can take as little as 19 minutes - the Gospel Oak route will take an hour longer! The quickest route to Richmond is via West Ham and Waterloo - at least 12 minutes quicker than District line all the way.