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
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