 In the end, the NER stuck by its own plan of 1864 with two minor adjustments, there would be no north to east curve at Cawton (where the T&M and the G&P met at Parliamentary Junction) and so no through running from Hovingham and the original intention was that the line would enter Pickering from the north to allow through running to Scarborough on what was to become the Forge Valley Line.The first section of line to be completed was in October 1871, when a south to east curve (Bishophouse to Sunbeck) from the main line at Raskelf was installed to allow trains to run through to York.This had been submitted as a raft of proposals to Parliament in 1865 as the Pelaw and Other Branches Act.