Depot

Depot (/ˈdɛp/ DEP-oh or /ˈdp/ DEE-poh) may refer to:

Places

Brands and enterprises

Computing and technology

Military

Transport

  • Depot, a transport hub for freight
  • Train depot or train shed, a place where train engines and cars are sheltered and maintained when not it use
  • Bus depot or bus garage, a place where buses are sheltered and maintained when not in use
    • Bus station, whose name can include the word depot, because a bus depot or garage can be, or previously was, a bus stop or terminal
  • Castaway depot, contains stores and survival gear for victims of shipwrecks
  • Motive power depot, where trains, locomotives, or trams are sheltered and maintained when not in use
    • Train station, whose name can include the word depot, because the same place was previously, or still is, being used as a train shelter, and naturally became a railway station as well
  • Propellant depot, which supplies fuel to spacecraft

Other uses

See also

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