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First Railway Excursion

Name: First Railway Excursion
Start: 1841-07-05
Location: Loughborough

When: 5 July 1841
Where: Loughborough
Part of: Thomas Cook's first railway excursion

Thomas Cook organized a rail excursion for 485 members of the Leicester Temperance Society from Leicester to Loughborough on 5 July 1841.

Cook conceived the idea in June 1841 while walking from his home to Leicester for a temperance meeting. On 5 July 1841, he took 485 members from Leicester Campbell Street Railway Station to Loughborough to attend a temperance meeting, marking his first foray into tourism.

Sources

Thomas Cook Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-23
Loughborough Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16

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