 In fact only £17,575 of the £80,000 capital for the line had ever been paid up.The company's own revenue account was in serious difficulty, and sums due to the GWR in connection with the working arrangement were not being paid, and the contractor for the part of the line already built was also pressing for his money.On 15 December 1868 the company's solicitor informed the directors that a Bill was to be presented to Parliament to authorise a railway from Princes Risborough to Watlington; this became the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway and its promotion marked the end of the Wallingford and Watlington Company's aspirations to reach Watlington.