Thomas Cook in Paris for the Exhibition. During the 1860s he took parties to Switzerland, Italy, Egypt and the United States. The Thomas Cook statue outside Leicester Railway Station, London Road, Leicester (pictured above) was unveiled on 14 January 1994 by his great-great-grandson Thomas Cook. It was sculpted by James Walter Butler RA. In 1872, he formed a partnership with his son, John Mason Cook, and renamed the travel agency as "Thomas Cook & Son". They acquired business premises on Fleet Street, London. The office also contained a shop which sold essential travel accessories, including guide books, luggage, telescopes and footwear. Thomas
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