Motive Power Depots
The West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway opened an engine shed off what is now Prince of Wales Drive 29 March 1858. It was closed in 1877.
The London Brighton and South Coast Railway built a roundhouse a few yards north of the station at the lower level in 1869. This was extended with a second adjoining roundhouse in 1870 and a third in 1889. The depot closed 15 July 1934, but remained in use as a road transport depot until demolished in 1986.
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