West Ashfield training facility

[1][2] Designed by Reyneke Designs and completed in 2009, the facility is used by TfL for training staff and is laid out exactly as a real station would be, except it is significantly shorter, the suicide pit is a painted effect and the train façade in the tunnel won't move into the station.

Staff are able to run training sessions which simulate signal points, tannoy announcements and electricity power controls.

[4] The five stations on the model railway are Hobbs End, Kensington Palace, West Ashfield, Strand-on-the-Green and Hammersmith Bridge.

As part of the joint venture between Transport for London and the developers of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre site, the plan is to regenerate the area.

This will involve shutting down the historic Lillie Bridge Depot along with Ashfield House by 2024.