Nine Elms and arrived in Southampton three hours later, being received there by a salute of 21 guns. Its construction had cost more than the original estimates; in January 1832, the declared estimates amounted to £1,033,414, but the financial reconstruction arising from the November 1836 revision used £1,507,753; the outturn was somewhat above this figure at £1,551,914: {| class="wikitable" | Expenditure obtaining Parliamentary powers || align="right" | £41,965 14s 0d |- | Land and compensation, law charges, valuing, surveying, etc. || align="right" | £293,042 4s 1d |- | Premises at Nine Elms || align="right" | £7,461 14s 6d |- | Construction of way and works || align="right" | £1,176,556 12s 9d |- | Surveying and engineering || align="right" | £32,887 6s 3d |- | Total || align="right" | £1,551,913 11s 7d |} Expansion and name change In 1839, the year prior to opening, a proposed branch line to serve Portsmouth had failed in Parliament. Portsmouth interests asked the L&SR to promote a branch line to serve their city, and this was agreed to. As Portsmouth considered Southampton a rival port, the name of the London & Southampton Railway was objectionable, however, and to overcome this difficulty the L&SR determined to change its name to the London and South Western Railway. The Bill for the branch line passed in Parliament and the name change was ratified under Section 2 of the same Act, taking effect on 4 June 1839. The branch was to run from Bishopstoke (later Eastleigh) to Gosport, giving a ferry connection to Portsmouth. Technical and operational matters at opening Nine Elms Station The fine building frontage designed by Tite included offices; Wishaw described the station: The locomotives used coke rather than coal; coke was considered to emit less smoke, and the company made its own coke at Nine Elms. Whishaw describes the plant in some detail. Although the Thames-side location was convenient for wharfage, the location was never intended as a permanent London passenger terminal; an extension was contemplated in 1836 (and was decided upon in 1844). For the time being, Passengers The practice of dealing with passengers was inherited from road coach and cart operation. Intending passengers were issued with a paper ticket filled in by hand. Carriages were not lit, and second class carriages were "sideless". Third class passengers were carried from the opening of the whole line, in open trucks attached to goods trains. First