Town beneath platforms of Paddington station , where they keep 750 , 000 pieces of crockery . Unsuspected by thousands of passengers who use Paddington , an underground ' town ' exsistes beneath the eleven platforms of the huge terminus . The town includes great store rooms for crockery , linen , grocery and meat , rest rooms for staff , a post office , baths even a police station . In the crockery store room are 750 , 000 pieces of china and glass . Breakages and pilfering of crockery cost the Great Western Railway 瞿 10 , 000 a year . in the linen store are 75 , 000 pieces used on restaurant cars , sleeping cars and so on , and all are washed weekly . Repairs aremade on the spot by women useing sewing machines . Photo shows , the crockery store room under the platforms at Paddington Station . . 18 August 1936