 The Commissioners' report had the effect of suspending the enthusiasm for cross-border railways for a period, and killing off a few fanciful schemes, but after three years when interest in such lines was resumed, the report was completely irrelevant.So interest did resume, and on 9 March 1844 the provisional committee of the "Glasgow & Carlisle Railway Company" (GD&CR) met.There was considerable overlap in membership with the GPK&AR, and the latter helped out with the committee's expenses at first.