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== Depot == {{Main|Neasden Depot}} The line is served by a depot at Neasden.{{#tag:ref|Position: {{Coord|51|33|28|N|000|15|31|W|region:GB_type:railwaystation|name=35 β Neasden Depot}}|group="note"}} The Metropolitan Railway opened a carriage works at Neasden in 1882 and the following year the locomotive works were moved from Edgware Road.{{sfn|Jackson|1986|pp=82β82}} In 1904β05, the depot was refitted to take the new electric multiple units{{sfn|Jackson|1986|p=176}} and accommodation enlarged in 1932β3.{{Sfn|Jackson|1986|p=281}} After the amalgamation into the LTPB, the depot was rebuilt from 1936 to 1939. The depot was upgraded in 2010β11 to enable it to maintain S Stock trains.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/archive/16786.aspx |title=Works begin to build new maintenance facility at Neasden Depot |date=28 September 2010 |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=11 February 2011}}</ref> Trains are also stored overnight at Uxbridge, Watford, Rickmansworth and Wembley Park.<ref name="Tfl Key Facts">{{cite web |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/londonunderground/1608.aspx |title=London Underground Key Facts |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=21 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070529041317/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/londonunderground/1608.aspx |archive-date=29 May 2007 }}</ref>
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