 Complete the following phrase:  The District Railways main expansion was to the west. A small station at Earls Court, between Gloucester Road and West Brompton, opened on 31 October 1871 with three platforms. Lillie Bridge depot, opened in 1872, was built parallel to the West London Joint Railway and initially accessed by a curve onto the West London Line. This curve allowed, from 1 February 1872, the London  North Western Railway LNWR to run a half-hourly outer circle service from 