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In 1846 Assistant Collector P B Reid was asked to report on the experimental tramway at Agra <ref> British Library IOR/V/23/116 Vo1 PT 2 no8; Page 76 </ref>. The city was described that its “ways are so constricted by houses and ravines” <ref>Ibid Page 80</ref>. The tramway had been constructed using stone from the Taj and Nusool buildings that were falling down <ref> Ibid Page 78 </ref>. The problem using these stones was the inconsistency in their size.
The construction of the tramway was from near the eastern gate of Government House, through the Loha Kee-Mundee to the great Civil line road opposite Moozuffer Khan’s Baga, a length of 6250 feet (1.9km) long. Built 5 feet (1.5 metres) wide so that the wheels of the animal pulled carts ran along the stone sets. They were held in place on a foundation of brick and mortar the area between the tracks were brick and earth topped with Kunkar [[Kankar]] (a calcium carbonate cement) at the joints were stone sleepers. The previous year money had been put aside for drainage and compensation for property that had to be pulled down to allow the building of the tramway <ref> British Library IOR/E/4/829; Page 1389</ref>.
The carters known as Garreewans were very complimentary about the tramway and wished it went all the way to the Customs house another 1.5 miles (2.4km) <ref> British Library IOR/V/23/116 Vo1 PT 2 no8; Page 76</ref>. It was proposed that this should happen. The chief engineer put forward stone as the base where as the Magistrate put forward a change to iron rails. It also was suggested that an extension to the quarries at Futtehpore Sieri or Jugnair would also cut costs, also that this extension would also have financial benefits to the community <ref> Ibid Page 80</ref>. The cost of the materials for the extension would be Rs4,722 per mile. <ref> Ibid Page 78</ref>.
