 The error may arise from the War Office having built the final stretch of line to New Quay that was authorised for the EKLR in 1911.Pierson & Dorman Long wanted to build a steelworks at Richborough Port, with new towns to house the workers at Woodnesborough and Ash and using coal from its colliery at Betteshanger.It regarded the EKLR as a nuisance, and never encouraged it.