The East India Railway Company (1845) and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (1849) were set up. Contracts were also signed with the English East India Company, the major traders on the Indian subcontinent.
परंतु, इंग्लंडच्या लँकाशायर कारखाने चालू राहण्याकरता वाहतूक जलद असायला हवी होती.