 Pitsea was on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, in which Peto also had an interest, and it was now clear that the plan was a line independent of the Eastern Counties Railway from London to Lowestoft and Yarmouth.In fact this did not come about; the new line would have been extremely expensive.Nevertheless, Peto controlled or heavily influenced the ESR and both the Lowestoft and Yarmouth companies, and he was instrumental in bringing about the amalgamation of the three lines.