 EIR was stated in 1867 to have spent as much as Rs 300,000 on each miles of railway, the construction described by a former Finance Member in India as 'the most extravagant works ever undertaken.The line from Kanpur to Allahabad was opened in 1859.In 1860, the Kanpur-Etawah section was opened to traffic and between 1862 and 1866 all gaps between Howrah and Delhi were filled and the connection to Agra was built.