 This intent was that this line would actually travel up the Forge Valley and connect with a line between Whitby and Scarborough at Scalby.However, due to local land owners objecting and the fact that the railway between Whitby and Scarborough had not been built, the idea was scrapped.The North Eastern Railway (NER) pressed ahead with their plans for a railway across the northern edge of the Vale of Pickering, but drove the eastern end to meet up with the York–Scarborough line at .