There are now plans to extend the railway back towards the town centre.

The railway remains in full working order, and work started in the winter 2008/9 on extending the railway.

Plans are also in hand to extend the railway to Beckton in the far east.

The government has proposed extending the railway to Dosso in Niger.

A bold plan to extend the railway south to Brazil was never proceeded with.

There were three other proposals to extend the railway to Tweed Heads before the idea was dropped in 1928.

Hesketh soon found that he was not the only one thinking of extending the railway, or of building a new port.

The company sought permission to extend the railway and over the subsequent 15 years built a number of extensions until it reached Paraopeba.

Work began in January 2010 to extend the railway to Mazar-i-Sharif.

There are also plans to extend the railway to the Ribble Link canal.