Editing Ilford (section)

==Transport==
=== Rail and tube ===
[[File:Ilford station Ilford Hill entrance 2021 04.jpg|thumb|261x261px|Ilford railway station]]

Ilford station is in [[Travelcard Zone 4|London Travelcard Zone 4]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=London's Rail & Tube services |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/static/documents/content/routemaps/London_Rail_Tube_Map.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118033454/https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/static/documents/content/routemaps/London_Rail_Tube_Map.pdf |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=[[Transport for London]], [[National Rail]]}}</ref>

[[Ilford railway station]] is on the [[Great Eastern Main Line]]. It is served by [[Elizabeth line]] trains which also call at the nearby [[Seven Kings railway station|Seven Kings]] and [[Goodmayes railway station|Goodmayes]] stations.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=TfL Rail |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-rail-map.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211215352/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-rail-map.pdf |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref>

The station was the scene of two fatal rail crashes in [[1915 Ilford rail crash|1915]] and [[1944 Ilford rail crash|1944]]. A [[Ilford EMU Depot|traction maintenance depot]] for [[Electric multiple unit|electric multiple units]] is situated in Ilford, which maintains many [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]] and [[London Overground]] trains.

[[London Underground|London Underground's]] [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] is to the north of Ilford, with [[Redbridge tube station|Redbridge]], [[Gants Hill tube station|Gants Hill]], [[Newbury Park tube station|Newbury Park]], [[Barkingside tube station|Barkingside]] and [[Fairlop tube station|Fairlop]] nearby. The stations are on the [[Hainault Loop|Hainault loop]] branch of the Central line, with direct connections to Stratford, [[City of London|the City]], the West End and West London.<ref name=":0" />

=== Buses ===
[[File:LTZ2128-IlfordHill-P1620502 (49708274373).jpg|alt=EL1 London Routemaster at a bus stop in Ilford|left|thumb|253x253px|A [[New Routemaster]] on an EL1 service in Ilford]]

[[London Buses]] link Ilford to other districts in [[East London|east]] and [[central London]].

Routes include [[London Buses route 25|25]], 86, 123, 128, 145, 147, 150, 167, 169, 179, 296, 364, 366, 396, 425, 462, [[London Buses route SL2|SL2]] and W19. Night buses N25 and N86 additionally serve the town overnight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buses from Ilford East |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/ilford-east-a4-0417.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221110623/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/ilford-east-a4-0417.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2021 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Buses from Ilford West and Little Ilford |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/ilford-west-and-little-ilford-a4.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221110653/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/ilford-west-and-little-ilford-a4.pdf |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Buses from Ilford South and Loxford |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/ilford-south-and-loxford-a4.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221110641/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/ilford-south-and-loxford-a4.pdf |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref>

[[East London Transit]] route EL1 begins in Ilford; it links up with routes EL2 and EL3 at [[Barking, London|Barking]], with onward connections to [[Chadwell Heath]], [[Becontree]] and [[Dagenham]].<ref name=":2" />

=== Road ===
Ilford is a [[primary route destination]] in east London, and main roads link the town to key destinations throughout the capital and the [[East of England]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Primary routes destinations in England by region |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/203664/traffic-signs-manual-chapter-02-primary-route.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303112933/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/203664/traffic-signs-manual-chapter-02-primary-route.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=[[gov.uk]]}}</ref>

The [[A118 road|A118]] runs east-west through Ilford, linking the town with [[Stratford, London|Stratford]] and [[A11 road (England)|the A11]] westbound, and [[Romford]] eastbound. The [[A123 road|A123]] runs north-south through the town, with direct connections to [[Gants Hill]] and [[Chigwell]] northbound, and [[Barking, London|Barking]] southbound.

The [[North Circular Road, London|A406 North Circular Road]] links the town directly with north and west London destinations, such as [[Wood Green]] and [[Brent Cross]]. It carries traffic northbound to [[M11 motorway|the M11]] for [[London Stansted Airport|Stansted Airport]] and [[Cambridge]]. Southbound, the route runs to [[Beckton]], the [[Woolwich Ferry]], and the [[A13 road (England)|A13]] for [[Isle of Dogs]], [[Dagenham]] and [[Tilbury]].

North of Ilford, the [[A12 road (England)|A12]] links the town directly to [[M25 motorway|the M25]], [[Chelmsford]] and [[Ipswich]]. Southbound traffic runs past Stratford, through the [[Blackwall Tunnel]] and onto the [[A2 road (England)|A2]] for [[Dartford]] and destinations in [[Kent]].

=== Cycle ===
There is an intermittent cycle lane between Stratford, Ilford, Romford and [[Harold Wood]] along the [[A118 road|A118]]. The lane is part of the former [[London Cycle Network]], as signposted route number 12.

At Stratford, [[Cycle Superhighway|Cycle Superhighway 2]] begins and runs through [[Mile End]] and [[Whitechapel]] to the City. The route is mostly segregated from other road traffic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cycle Superhighway 2 |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bcs2-map.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127041421/https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bcs2-map.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2022 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref>

Cycleway 16 passes to the north of Ilford, providing a direct cycle connection between the [[Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park]] at Stratford and [[Barkingside]].

The Roding Valley Way is a shared-use route running alongside the [[River Roding]]. It begins in Ilford and runs unbroken to [[Roding Valley tube station]] near [[Buckhurst Hill]], [[Essex]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore the Roding Valley |url=https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/media/3273/roding-valley-leaflet.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222033908/https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/media/3273/roding-valley-leaflet.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=[[London Borough of Redbridge]]}}</ref>