Depot

de'po, a French word meaning a storehouse, as of provisions or merchandise. A railway warehouse for receiving and issuing freight is properly called a depot. The name should not be applied to a railway station designed for the accommodation of passengers. The parcel or baggage room is the only part of a station that might be called properly a depot or store room. A station is a depot only to such extent. In case of a building used for passengers and freight, the term station is to be preferred. See St. Louis