There were two or three local directors, since in the days before electric undersea cable telegraph, London was too far away for effective control.
The initial line was to be single track, with frequent crossing loops.
British directors (possibly incomplete): G. F. Angas, Esq., George Barnes Esq, W.G Gover, Esq., Rowland Hill, Esq., J.
The provisional committee in February 1846 was:[1] In the event the railway was too ambitious, and ahead of its time.
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