There was considerable hostility locally, and in an extraordinary move, the SWR prepared two Bills in 1857: one was simply for a time extension for the original line and the second was for a new line from Narberth Road (later Clynderwen and later still Clunderwen) on the Neyland main line, following the eastern bank of the River Cleddau; this route was very sinuous, and a little shorter. The Bill for reviving the powers failed in the 1858 session; the Bill for a new branch was passed in the Commons, but the Lords agreed with the company that the expense of the line was not justified. This was the last straw for the local people and they resolved to prepare their own bill for a line from Tenby to Pembroke Dockyard with a short branch to the pier at Hobbs Point for the ferry to Neyland.