{"id":20856,"date":"2026-09-24T15:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/bus-route-n86-london"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:04:04","slug":"bus-route-n86-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n86-london","title":{"rendered":"Night bus route N86 in London: Stratford Bus Station \u2194 Dagnam Park Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route N86 in London goes from \u201cStratford Bus Station\u201d to \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d. This is a night route. The two directions are not quite the same: 2 stops are served in one direction only, which is worth knowing before you travel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-london#routes\">All routes in London \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac73d2d40587\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac73d2d40587\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n86-london\/#Where_bus_N86_goes\" >Where bus N86 goes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n86-london\/#Connections\" >Connections<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n86-london\/#Passes_and_concessions\" >Passes and concessions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n86-london\/#Questions_and_answers\" >Questions and answers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n86-london\/#Does_bus_N86_go_to_%E2%80%9CStratford_Centre_Moorfields_Eye_Hospital%E2%80%9D\" >Does bus N86 go to \u201cStratford Centre \/ Moorfields Eye Hospital\u201d?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n86-london\/#Where_can_I_change_from_bus_N86_to_another_bus_route\" >Where can I change from bus N86 to another bus route?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_bus_N86_goes\"><\/span>Where bus N86 goes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ilondon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-london-bus-n86-en-v1-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ilondon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-london-bus-n86-en-v1-map.jpg\" alt=\"Night bus route N86 in London on the map: the route both ways\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Towards \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d: 72 stops. After \u201cStratford Bus Station\u201d, the bus calls at \u201cStratford Centre \/ Moorfields Eye Hospital\u201d, \u201cLitchfield Avenue\u201d, \u201cWater Lane \/ University Of East London\u201d, \u201cAtherton Leisure Centre\u201d, \u201cMargery Park Road\u201d, \u201cWoodgrange Road\u201d, \u201cGreen Street (E7)\u201d, \u201cKatherine Road Forest Gate\u201d, \u201cShrewsbury Road Romford\u201d, \u201cWoodgrange Park Station\u201d. Then \u201cHigh Street North Manor Park\u201d, \u201cFirst Avenue (E12)\u201d, \u201cRabbits Road\u201d, \u201cSeventh Avenue\u201d, \u201cLittle Ilford Lane\u201d, \u201cNorth Circular Road Ilford\u201d, \u201cIlford Station \/ Ilford Hill\u201d, \u201cPioneer Point\u201d, \u201cRedbridge Central Library\u201d, \u201cHainault Street\u201d. Then \u201cSt Peter &amp; St Paul Church\u201d, \u201cIlford County Court\u201d, \u201cAldborough Road South Seven Kings\u201d, \u201cNew Road Seven Kings\u201d, \u201cSeven Kings Station\u201d, \u201cChester Road (IG3)\u201d, \u201cKingswood Road\u201d, \u201cBarley Lane \/ Goodmayes Stn\u201d, \u201cGoodmayes Retail Park\u201d, \u201cGrove Road Goodmayes\u201d. Then \u201cBelfairs Drive\u201d, \u201cChadwell Heath Lane\u201d, \u201cSt Chad&#8217;s Road\u201d, \u201cWhalebone Lane\u201d, \u201cHainault Road Chadwell Heath\u201d, \u201cSt Edward&#8217;s Academy \/ The Compass School\u201d, \u201cJutsums Lane\u201d, \u201cRomford Stadium\u201d, \u201cRichards Avenue\u201d, \u201cCotleigh Road\u201d. Then \u201cKnightsbridge Gardens\u201d, \u201cMawney Road (RM1)\u201d, \u201cNorth Street Romford\u201d, \u201cRomford Market\u201d, \u201cMercury Gardens\u201d, \u201cRomford Town Centre\u201d, \u201cRomford Station\u201d, \u201cRomford Police Station\u201d, \u201cPettits Lane\u201d, \u201cRaphael Park\u201d. Then \u201cRepton Avenue\u201d, \u201cLinks Avenue (RM2)\u201d, \u201cCastellan Avenue\u201d, \u201cUpper Brentwood Rd\/Gallows Cnr\u201d, \u201cGallows Corner\u201d, \u201cFaringdon Avenue\u201d, \u201cHeaton Avenue\u201d, \u201cMyrtle Road\u201d, \u201cGrange Road Harold Hill\u201d, \u201cCharlbury Crescent\u201d. Before \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d: \u201cHilldene Avenue \/ Chatteris Avenue\u201d, \u201cHilldene Ave Shopping Centre\u201d, \u201cChippenham Road (RM3)\u201d, \u201cHarkness Close\u201d, \u201cSedgefield Crescent\u201d, \u201cWickford Drive\u201d, \u201cRedruth Road\u201d, \u201cPetersfield Ave\/Leamington Rd\u201d, \u201cSt Neot&#8217;s Road\u201d, \u201cTarnworth Road\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the way back the bus takes a different route, from \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d to \u201cStratford Bus Station\u201d (70 stops). Only in this direction does it call at \u201cSheffield Drive\u201d, \u201cSettle Road\u201d, \u201cBrookside School\u201d, \u201cMasefield Crescent\u201d, \u201cBalgores Lane\u201d, \u201cAlbany Road Chadwell Heath\u201d, \u201cFarrance Road\u201d, \u201cJapan Road\u201d, \u201cWangey Road\u201d, \u201cMontpelier Gardens\u201d, \u201cGoodmayes Tesco\u201d, \u201cGoodmayes Road \/ Goodmayes Stn\u201d, \u201cBlythswood Road\u201d, \u201cIlford Fire Station\u201d, \u201cConnaught Road Seven Kings\u201d, \u201cWinston Way Primary School\u201d, \u201cIlford Broadway\u201d, \u201cChapel Road\u201d, \u201cDersingham Avenue\u201d and \u201cSprowston Road\u201d. Only in the direction of \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d does it call at, among others, \u201cLitchfield Avenue\u201d, \u201cSeventh Avenue\u201d, \u201cNorth Circular Road Ilford\u201d, \u201cIlford Station \/ Ilford Hill\u201d, \u201cPioneer Point\u201d and \u201cIlford County Court\u201d. For the way back, board nearby: \u201cLitchfield Avenue\u201d \u2192 \u201cWater Lane \/ University Of East London\u201d (250 m), \u201cSeventh Avenue\u201d \u2192 \u201cRabbits Road\u201d (250 m), \u201cNorth Circular Road Ilford\u201d \u2192 \u201cDersingham Avenue\u201d (150 m) and \u201cIlford Station \/ Ilford Hill\u201d \u2192 \u201cChapel Road\u201d (100 m). Towards \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d, board nearby: \u201cSheffield Drive\u201d \u2192 \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d (150 m), \u201cSettle Road\u201d \u2192 \u201cWickford Drive\u201d (150 m), \u201cBrookside School\u201d \u2192 \u201cChippenham Road (RM3)\u201d (200 m) and \u201cMasefield Crescent\u201d \u2192 \u201cFaringdon Avenue\u201d (150 m).<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Connections\"><\/span>Connections<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On part of the route, between \u201cStratford Bus Station\u201d and \u201cSeventh Avenue\u201d it shares the road with route N25; between \u201cRomford Market\u201d and \u201cRomford Station\u201d it shares the road with route N15.<\/p>\n<p>Connections by stop, in route order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cStratford Bus Station\u201d: buses N8 and N205<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStratford Centre \/ Moorfields Eye Hospital\u201d: bus N8<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLitchfield Avenue\u201d (only towards \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d): bus N8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pages for these routes: <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n15-london\">bus N15<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n205-london\">bus N205<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n25-london\">bus N25<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/bus-route-n8-london\">bus N8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Passes_and_concessions\"><\/span>Passes and concessions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Which passes are available and who travels free is explained on a separate page: <a href=\"https:\/\/ilondon.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-london\">how to pay for public transport in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_and_answers\"><\/span>Questions and answers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_bus_N86_go_to_%E2%80%9CStratford_Centre_Moorfields_Eye_Hospital%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Does bus N86 go to \u201cStratford Centre \/ Moorfields Eye Hospital\u201d?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, in both directions.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_can_I_change_from_bus_N86_to_another_bus_route\"><\/span>Where can I change from bus N86 to another bus route?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Most routes stop at \u201cStratford Bus Station\u201d (N8 and N205) and \u201cStratford Centre \/ Moorfields Eye Hospital\u201d (N8). All other stops with connections are listed above.<\/p>\n<p><em>Checked on 24 September 2026. Source of the route and stops: Transport for London (TfL).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route N86 in London goes from \u201cStratford Bus Station\u201d to \u201cDagnam Park Square\u201d. This is a night route. The two directions are not quite the same: 2 stops are served in one direction only, which is worth knowing before you travel. 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