The scheme was rejected by the 1846 commission, but Pearson returned to the idea in 1852 when he helped set up the City Terminus Company to build a railway from Farringdon to King's Cross.
Programmet blev afvist af 1846-kommissionen, men Pearson vendte tilbage til ideen i 1852, da han hjalp med at oprette City Terminus Company, som skulle bygge en jernbane fra Farringdon til King's Cross.