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
Pipitea Point railway station 1872 and opened in 1874. Lambton railway station (opened 1880) was north of the present Wellington railway station; and Pipitea Point Railway Station was further north, but south of Thorndon railway station. All are within the present rail yard area. <br> Pipitea Point railway station Pipitea Point railway station (1874-1880) and Lambton railway station (1880-1937) were successive names for the main Wellington railway station in Wellington, New Zealand before the opening of the current Wellington railway station in 1937. The new station also replaced the Thorndon railway station built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (WMR) but owned by