The site is used for train stabling and maintenance by Greater Anglia, Elizabeth line, London Overground and Alstom.

[3] Plans were drawn up in the 1930s to electrify the suburban lines from Liverpool Street to Shenfield at 1,500 V DC and late in the decade work was started on implementing this.

Additionally plans were being made to extend the Central Line east from Liverpool Street and take over the Epping branch and Fairlop Loop.

[4] As well as the site above the new depot required the land occupied by the link from Ilford to the Fairlop Loop which was subsequently closed on 29 November 1947.

Until a remodel in 2016, as part of the Crossrail works, Ilford TMD had four sheds: In 2021, a carriage washing machine was installed; it began operation in September following an investment of £1.2 million.

[7] The depot was allocated a 1914 North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) EB1 class locomotive numbered 26510 as a shunter.