Both sides were convinced of the necessity of a railway connection on the one hand, but at the same time, both states were also interested in keeping the transit traffic from the north inside their territory as much as possible.
Einerseits waren beide Seiten von der Notwendigkeit einer Bahnverbindung überzeugt, andererseits wollten beide Länder den von Norden kommenden Transitverkehr möglichst weit über ihr Territorium führen.