Depot

Depot ( /ˈdɛpoʊ/ dep-oh or /ˈdiːpoʊ/ dee-poh) is from the French dépôt which means a deposit (as in geology or banking) or a storehouse. In English, depot can mean any one of a number of things, with minor variances between the different English speaking countries:

Transport

• Train station
• Bus station
• Bus garage, where buses are stored when not in use
• Motive power depot, where trains and trams are stored when not in use
• Transport hub for freight
• Oil depot
• Propellant depot, which supplies fuel to spacecraft
• Castaway depot, contains stores and survival gear for victims of shipwrecks

Technology

• An application in the Radio Service Software
• The format for Hewlett-Packard's Software Distributor

Military

• Regimental depot, the headquarters and training grounds of a regiment
• Main Operating Base, an overseas base for the US military
• Logistics center

Other

• The Home Depot, a store
• Depot, Poland, a village
• Injection (medicine)#Depot_injection
• RCMP Academy, Depot Division, in Saskatchewan, Canada
• Maxwell Street Depot in Chicago, United States
• "Depot" is a term used for providing details on the account held by one bank with another where it does not exist.

See also

• Depot Historic District (disambiguation)

Depot Rail vehicles maintenance space where mainly all operations are held.