When newspapers were transported overnight by train it made sense for the wholesalers to have depots adjacent to railway stations. Since the traffic was swicthed to road transport many of these, such as the WH Smith facility at Temple Meads in Bristol have been vacated and repalced by new depots that are more convenient for road vehciles. The demolition of the empty building in 2012 opened up new views of the old headquarters bulding of the Bristol and Exeter Railway.