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
Leicester Belgrave Road railway station construction. The last of these, Catherine Street oil depot, closed on 1 January 1969. The Leicester station site has been since been developed as a supermarket and adjoining car park. The table below shows the train departures from Leicester Belgrave Road in April 1910. Leicester Belgrave Road railway station Leicester Belgrave Road was the Great Northern Railway terminus in Leicester, England. It was the terminus of the GNR's branch line from the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway at Marefield Junction. The station opened on 2 October 1882. Marefield Junction was triangular and allowed through running north