Noticing the acquisition of the land, the HIJSM offered Crommelin 100 Dutch Guilders for it, an offer that he refused, stipulating instead that the company could have the land for his purchase price of 200 Dutch Guilders if a station was built at Zandvoort. The Board of Administration initially agreed, drafting a plan to construct the station with a service frequency comparable to other intermediate stops on the line, and to pay compensation of 20,000 guilders if service was ever discontinued.
