Leicester railway station Sir Robert McAlpine in 1978. The station clock is the only hand-wound station clock in the UK. A commemorative statue of Thomas Cook was placed on the pavement outside the present station in 1991 to mark the first excursions arranged by the travel agency magnate. It was sculpted by James Butler. Until the line from Matlock to Chinley through Millers Dale was closed in the Beeching era, the 'main lines' were those from London to Manchester, carrying named expresses such as "The Palatine". Express trains to Leeds and Scotland such as the "Thames-Clyde Express" tended to use the Erewash Valley
Ambikapur railway station 400 km; making it shortest route between Mumbai and Howrah by curtailing travel time by at least four hours, sources added. Ambikapur railway station Ambikapur, station code ABKP, is a railway station that connects the city of Ambikapur and is the connecting point of Surguja district and falls within the Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railway. This is one of the Railway stations that connects North Chhatishgarh with Raipur. The Railway Ministry plans to build a new 202-km line between Chirimiri (Chhattisgarh) and Barwadih (Jharkhand). The proposed line will reduce the distance between Mumbai and Howrah via Jabalpur by