The line was nominally independent of the FR, but the FR took shares in it, and worked it: it opened for passenger traffic 19 July 1859, although its opening for goods and mineral traffic was deferred for some months as the provision was still incomplete.
The line was nominally independent of the FR. The FR took shares in it. The FR worked it. It opened for passenger traffic 19 July 1859. Its opening for goods and mineral traffic was deferred for some months. The provision was still incomplete.